Vespers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADEFGHIJKLAMNOPEQ BRS| In your extended absence you permit me | A |
| use of earth anticipating | B |
| some return on investment I must report | C |
| failure in my assignment principally | A |
| regarding the tomato plants | D |
| I think I should not be encouraged to grow | E |
| tomatoes Or if I am you should withhold | F |
| the heavy rains the cold nights that come | G |
| so often here while other regions get | H |
| twelve weeks of summer All this | I |
| belongs to you on the other hand | J |
| I planted the seeds I watched the first shoots | K |
| like wings tearing the soil and it was my heart | L |
| broken by the blight the black spot so quickly | A |
| multiplying in the rows I doubt | M |
| you have a heart in our understanding of | N |
| that term You who do not discriminate | O |
| between the dead and the living who are in consequence | P |
| immune to foreshadowing you may not know | E |
| how much terror we bear the spotted leaf | Q |
| the red leaves of the maple falling | B |
| even in August in early darkness I am responsible | R |
| for these vines | S |
Louise Gluck
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