Poor Earth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF| It is not heaven bitter seed | A |
| Leavens its entrails with despair | B |
| It is a star where dragons breed | A |
| Devils have a footing there | B |
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| The sky has bent it out of shape | C |
| The sun has strapped it to his wheel | D |
| Its course is crooked to escape | C |
| Traps and gins of stone and steel | D |
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| It balances on air and spins | E |
| Snared by strong transparent space | F |
| I forgive it all its sins | E |
| I kiss the scars upon its face | F |
Elinor Morton Wylie
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