Circle And Square Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABB CDEDD AAAAA FGFGG CDEDD| I give you half of me | A |
| No more lest I should make | B |
| A ground for perjury | A |
| For your sake for my sake | B |
| Half will you take | B |
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| Half I ll not take nor give | C |
| For he who gives gives all | D |
| By halves you cannot live | E |
| Then let the barrier fall | D |
| In one circle have all | D |
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| A wise and ancient scorner | A |
| Said to me once Beware | A |
| The road that has no corner | A |
| Where you can linger and stare | A |
| Choose the square | A |
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| And let the circle run | F |
| Its dull and fevered race | G |
| You my dear are one | F |
| Show your soul in your face | G |
| Maintain your place | G |
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| Give but have something to give | C |
| No man can want you all | D |
| Live and learn to live | E |
| When all the barriers fall | D |
| You are nothing at all | D |
Edwin Muir
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