Sight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD DEFB GHIC JKLM NOCP| Before I got my eye put out | A |
| I liked as well to see | B |
| As other creatures that have eyes | C |
| And know no other way | D |
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| But were it told to me to day | D |
| That I might have the sky | E |
| For mine I tell you that my heart | F |
| Would split for size of me | B |
| - | |
| The meadows mine the mountains mine | G |
| All forests stintless stars | H |
| As much of noon as I could take | I |
| Between my finite eyes | C |
| - | |
| The motions of the dipping birds | J |
| The lightning's jointed road | K |
| For mine to look at when I liked | L |
| The news would strike me dead | M |
| - | |
| So safer guess with just my soul | N |
| Upon the window pane | O |
| Where other creatures put their eyes | C |
| Incautious of the sun | P |
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
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