Tear It Down Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIIJKLMLNOO| We find out the heart only by dismantling what | A |
| the heart knows By redefining the morning | B |
| we find a morning that comes just after darkness | C |
| We can break through marriage into marriage | D |
| By insisting on love we spoil it get beyond | E |
| affection and wade mouth deep into love | F |
| We must unlearn the constellations to see the stars | G |
| But going back toward childhood will not help | H |
| The village is not better than Pittsburgh | I |
| Only Pittsburgh is more than Pittsburgh | I |
| Rome is better than Rome in the same way the sound | J |
| of raccoon tongues licking the inside walls | K |
| of the garbage tub is more than the stir | L |
| of them in the muck of the garbage Love is not | M |
| enough We die and are put into the earth forever | L |
| We should insist while there is still time We must | N |
| eat through the wildness of her sweet body already | O |
| in our bed to reach the body within that body | O |
Jack Gilbert
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