Feed Me, Also, River God Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCEFEGHGIJIKKLHHM NM| Lest by diminished vitality and abated | A |
| Vigilance I become food for crocodiles for that | B |
| quicksand | C |
| Of gluttony which is legion It is there close | D |
| at hand | C |
| On either side | E |
| Of me You remember the Israelites who said | F |
| in pride | E |
| And stoutness of heart 'The bricks are fallen down | G |
| we will | H |
| Build with hewn stone the sycamores are cut down | G |
| we will charge to | I |
| Cedars I am not ambitious to dress stones | J |
| to renew | I |
| Forts nor to match | K |
| My value in action against their ability to catch | K |
| Up with arrested prosperity I am not like | L |
| Them indefatigable but if you are a god you will | H |
| Not descriminate against me Yet if you may fulfill | H |
| None but prayers dressed | M |
| As gifts in return for your own gifts disregard | N |
| the request | M |
Marianne Moore
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