Listening Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFGHIJFKHL MNKOPQR| You wept in your mother's arms | A |
| and I knew that from then on | B |
| I was to forget myself | C |
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| Listening to your sobs | D |
| I was resolved against my will | E |
| to do well by us | F |
| and so I said without thinking | G |
| in great panic To do wrong | H |
| in one's own judgment | I |
| though others thrive by it | J |
| is the right road to blessedness | F |
| Not to submit to error | K |
| is in itself wrong | H |
| and pride | L |
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| Standing beside you | M |
| I took an oath | N |
| to make your life simpler | K |
| by complicating mine | O |
| and what I always thought | P |
| would happen did | Q |
| I was lifted up in joy | R |
David Ignatow
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