Departure Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGI ABAB J J| It's little I care what path I take | A |
| And where it leads it's little I care | B |
| But out of this house lest my heart break | A |
| I must go and off somewhere | B |
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| It's little I know what's in my heart | C |
| What's in my mind it's little I know | D |
| But there's that in me must up and start | C |
| And it's little I care where my feet go | D |
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| I wish I could walk for a day and a night | E |
| And find me at dawn in a desolate place | F |
| With never the rut of a road in sight | E |
| Nor the roof of a house nor the eyes of a face | F |
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| I wish I could walk till my blood should spout | G |
| And drop me never to stir again | H |
| On a shore that is wide for the tide is out | G |
| And the weedy rocks are bare to the rain | I |
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| But dump or dock where the path I take | A |
| Brings up it's little enough I care | B |
| And it's little I'd mind the fuss they'll make | A |
| Huddled dead in a ditch somewhere | B |
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| 'Is something the matter dear ' she said | J |
| 'That you sit at your work so silently ' | - |
| 'No mother no 'twas a knot in my thread | J |
| There goes the kettle I'll make the tea ' | - |
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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