Woman To Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAA DEFDD GHIGG JEKJJ| The eyeless labourer in the night | A |
| the selfless shapeless seed I hold | B |
| builds for its resurrection day | C |
| silent and swift and deep from sight | A |
| foresees the unimagined light | A |
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| This is no child with a child's face | D |
| this has no name to name it by | E |
| yet you and I have known it well | F |
| This is our hunter and our chase | D |
| the third who lay in our embrace | D |
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| This is the strength that your arm knows | G |
| the arc of flesh that is my breast | H |
| the precise crystals of our eyes | I |
| This is the blood's wild tree that grows | G |
| the intricate and folded rose | G |
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| This is the maker and the made | J |
| this is the question and reply | E |
| the blind head butting at the dark | K |
| the blaze of light along the blade | J |
| Oh hold me for I am afraid | J |
Judith Wright
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