Mid-day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGAHIJG GKLMNEOPQR STKU| The light beats upon me | A |
| I am startled | B |
| a split leaf crackles on the paved floor | C |
| I am anguished defeated | D |
| - | |
| A slight wind shakes the seed pods | E |
| my thoughts are spent | F |
| as the black seeds | G |
| My thoughts tear me | A |
| I dread their fever | H |
| I am scattered in its whirl | I |
| I am scattered like | J |
| the hot shrivelled seeds | G |
| - | |
| The shriveled seeds | G |
| are split on the path | K |
| the grass bends with dust | L |
| the grape slips | M |
| under its cracked leaf | N |
| yet far beyond the spent seed pods | E |
| and the blackened stalks of mint | O |
| the poplar is bright on the hill | P |
| the poplar spreads out | Q |
| deep rooted among trees | R |
| - | |
| O poplar you are great | S |
| among the hill stones | T |
| while I perish on the path | K |
| among the crevices of the rocks | U |
H. D.
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