Early Darkness Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EEFEFGH EIJJH KLMHE| How can you say | A |
| earth should give me joy Each thing | B |
| born is my burden I cannot succeed | C |
| with all of you | D |
| - | |
| And you would like to dictate to me | E |
| you would like to tell me | E |
| who among you is most valuable | F |
| who most resembles me | E |
| And you hold up as an example | F |
| the pure life the detachment | G |
| you struggle to acheive | H |
| - | |
| How can you understand me | E |
| when you cannot understand yourselves | I |
| Your memory is not | J |
| powerful enough it will not | J |
| reach back far enough | H |
| - | |
| Never forget you are my children | K |
| You are not suffering because you touched each other | L |
| but because you were born | M |
| because you required life | H |
| separate from me | E |
Louise Gluck
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