The Birthday Of The World Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCEFGHIJKJLMNOPQR STUVCWXCYZA2B2C2| ve done and left | A |
| undone but this year | B |
| not so much rebuilding | C |
| of my perennially damaged | D |
| psyche shoring up eroding | C |
| friendships digging out | E |
| stumps of old resentments | F |
| that refuse to rot on their own | G |
| No this year I want to call | H |
| myself to task for what | I |
| I have done and not done | J |
| for peace How much have | K |
| I dared in opposition | J |
| How much have I put | L |
| on the line for freedom | M |
| For mine and others | N |
| As these freedoms are pared | O |
| sliced and diced where | P |
| have I spoken out Who | Q |
| have I tried to move In | R |
| this holy season I stand | S |
| self convicted of sloth | T |
| in a time when lies choke | U |
| the mind and rhetoric | V |
| bends reason to slithering | C |
| choking pythons Here | W |
| I stand before the gates | X |
| opening the fire dazzling | C |
| my eyes and as I approach | Y |
| what judges me I judge | Z |
| myself Give me weapons | A2 |
| of minute destruction Let | B2 |
| my words turn into sparks | C2 |
Marge Piercy
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