Rita Matlock Gruenberg Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIIJKLIMNOIPQ RST| Grandmother You who sang to green valleys | A |
| And passed to a sweet repose at ninety six | B |
| Here is your little Rita at last | C |
| Grown old grown forty nine | D |
| Here stretched on your grave under the winter stars | E |
| With the rustle of oak leaves over my head | F |
| Piecing together strength for the act | G |
| Last thoughts memories asking how I am here | H |
| After wandering afar over the world | I |
| Life in cities marriages motehrhood | I |
| They all married and I am homeless alone | J |
| Grandmother I have not lacked in strength | K |
| Nor will nor courage No I have honored you | L |
| With a life that used these gifts of your blood | I |
| But I was caught in trap after trap in the years | M |
| At last the cruelist trap of all | N |
| Then I fought the bars pried open the door | O |
| Crawled through but it suddenly sprang shut | I |
| And tore me to death as I used your courage | P |
| To free myself | Q |
| Grandmother Fold me to your breast again | R |
| Make me earth with you for the blossoms of spring | S |
| Grandmother | T |
Edgar Lee Masters
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