Death Sonnet I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJJ KLM| From the icy niche where men placed you | A |
| I lower your body to the sunny poor earth | B |
| They didn't know I too must sleep in it | C |
| and dream on the same pillow | D |
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| I place you in the sunny ground with a | E |
| mother's sweet care for her napping child | F |
| and the earth will be a soft cradle | G |
| when it receives your hurt childlike body | H |
| - | |
| I scatter bits of earth and rose dust | I |
| and in the moon's airy and blue powder | J |
| what is left of you is a prisoner | J |
| - | |
| I leave singing my lovely revenge | K |
| No hand will reach into the obscure depth | L |
| to argue with me over your handful of bones | M |
Gabriela Mistral
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