It Would Have Starved A Gnat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE FGHG CCIC JKLM| A | |
| - | |
| It would have starved a Gnat | B |
| To live so small as I | C |
| And yet I was a living Child | D |
| With Food's necessity | E |
| - | |
| Upon me like a Claw | F |
| I could no more remove | G |
| Than I could coax a Leech away | H |
| Or make a Dragon move | G |
| - | |
| Not like the Gnat had I | C |
| The privilege to fly | C |
| And seek a Dinner for myself | I |
| How mightier He than I | C |
| - | |
| Nor like Himself the Art | J |
| Upon the Window Pane | K |
| To gad my little Being out | L |
| And not begin again | M |
Emily Dickinson
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