The Fear Of Burial Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKLM| In the empty field in the morning | A |
| the body waits to be claimed | B |
| The spirit sits beside it on a small rock | C |
| nothing comes to give it form again | D |
| - | |
| Think of the body's loneliness | E |
| At night pacing the sheared field | F |
| its shadow buckled tightly around | G |
| Such a long journey | H |
| - | |
| And already the remote trembling lights of the village | I |
| not pausing for it as they scan the rows | J |
| How far away they seem | K |
| the wooden doors the bread and milk | L |
| laid like weights on the table | M |
Louise Gluck
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