Bedtime Story Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEFGHIJIK LMNFAIOP| The moon lies on the river | A |
| like a drop of oil | B |
| The children come to the banks to be healed | C |
| of their wounds and bruises | D |
| The fathers who gave them their wounds and bruises | D |
| come to be healed of their rage | E |
| The mothers grow lovely their faces soften | F |
| the birds in their throats awake | G |
| They all stand hand in hand | H |
| and the trees around them | I |
| forever on the verge | J |
| of becoming one of them | I |
| stop shuddering and speak their first word | K |
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| But that is not the beginning | L |
| It is the end of the story | M |
| and before we come to the end | N |
| the mothers and fathers and children | F |
| must find their way to the river | A |
| separately with no one to guide them | I |
| That is the long pitiless part | O |
| and it will scare you | P |
Lisel Mueller
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