Conversation At Dawn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCEFEGEGHIJGGKJGL EMENOPBBBMQP RSE RGE FRTEF| look up the sky is | A |
| a ripening | B |
| there is an orange bluish high sky | C |
| what 't mean brother do not say | D |
| do not ask me questions I | C |
| cannot answer | E |
| growing up father had always taught me | F |
| it's okay son not to have the answer | E |
| all you must do is listen | G |
| you must never pursue the answer | E |
| it's okay to dislike the question | G |
| but never hate the folk who asks for such too desires an escape | H |
| how can we talk thus | I |
| when one must speak | J |
| when one must listen | G |
| that is freedom son | G |
| for life being wise in herself prejudged that | K |
| one must speak | J |
| and one must listen | G |
| for two to talk | L |
| there is no err with either | E |
| but you must agree never to try questions you are blind to | M |
| no more a pardon there is when you ask only questions you can answer | E |
| don't you know son that life is not about finding answers when you ask questions | N |
| but about finding new perspective s | O |
| an ally so charming son is one whose chase is not to prove you alive | P |
| but who would prove you living | B |
| by asking | B |
| or answering | B |
| for a man yet alive is known by these two | M |
| not by warmth or moist | Q |
| yet son do not force any man to live | P |
| - | |
| ask | R |
| OR thus life | S |
| answer | E |
| - | |
| ask | R |
| AND thus depression | G |
| answer | E |
| - | |
| n | - |
| e | F |
| i ask | R |
| t NOR thus death | T |
| h answer | E |
| e | F |
| r | - |
Shalom Kasim
Poet's note: A discourse between a father and a son reveals the depth of reverence the father has for the son!
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