Had I Not This, Or This, I Said Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE BFGG BHIJ KLMLA | |
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Had I not This or This I said | B |
Appealing to Myself | C |
In moment of prosperity | D |
Inadequate were Life | E |
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Thou hast not Me nor Me it said | B |
In Moment of Reverse | F |
And yet Thou art industrious | G |
No need hadst Thou of us | G |
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My need was all I had I said | B |
The need did not reduce | H |
Because the food exterminate | I |
The hunger does not cease | J |
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But diligence is sharper | K |
Proportioned to the Chance | L |
To feed upon the Retrograde | M |
Enfeebles the Advance | L |
Emily Dickinson
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