Adam's Complaint Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFG DAH IJK LMN| Some people | A |
| no matter what you give them | B |
| still want the moon | C |
| - | |
| The bread | D |
| the salt | E |
| white meat and dark | F |
| still hungry | G |
| - | |
| The marriage bed | D |
| and the cradle | A |
| still empty arms | H |
| - | |
| You give them land | I |
| their own earth under their feet | J |
| still they take to the roads | K |
| - | |
| And water dig them the deepest well | L |
| still it s not deep enough | M |
| to drink the moon from | N |
Denise Levertov
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