Baby Witch Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDB EFGHIJGK LMN BC OBPQJ RLJ| Baby witch | A |
| my daughter | B |
| my worship of the Goddess | C |
| alone | D |
| condemns you to the fire | B |
| - | |
| I blow upon | E |
| your least fingernail | F |
| it flares cyclamen rose | G |
| I suck flames from your ears | H |
| I touch your perfect nostrils | I |
| they too flame gently | J |
| like that pale rose | G |
| called 'sweetheart' | K |
| - | |
| Your eyelids are tender purple | L |
| like the base of the flame | M |
| before it blues | N |
| - | |
| O child of fire | B |
| O tiny devotee of the Goddess | C |
| - | |
| I wished for you | O |
| to be born a daughter | B |
| though we know | P |
| that daughters | Q |
| cannot but be | J |
| - | |
| born for burning | R |
| like the fatal | L |
| tree | J |
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