I Shall Be Loved As Quiet Things Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE FGHG IJKJ LMNM| I shall be loved as quiet things | A |
| Are loved white pigeons in the sun | B |
| Curled yellow leaves that whisper down | C |
| One after one | B |
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| The silver reticence of smoke | D |
| That tells no secret of its birth | E |
| Among the fiery agonies | F |
| That turn the earth | E |
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| Cloud islands reaching arms of trees | F |
| The frayed and eager little moon | G |
| That strays unheeded through a high | H |
| Blue afternoon | G |
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| The thunder of my heart must go | I |
| Under the muffling of the dust | J |
| As my gray dress has guarded it | K |
| The grasses must | J |
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| For it has hammered loud enough | L |
| Clamored enough when all is said | M |
| Only its quiet part shall live | N |
| When I am dead | M |
Karle Wilson Baker
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