Morning Worship Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EAFA GAHA IJBA KLM NOP GQR STU VWX IHYH ZA2B2 C2D2KE2| I wake and hearing it raining | A |
| Were I dead what would I give | B |
| Lazily to lie here | C |
| Like this and live | D |
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| Or better yet birdsong | E |
| Brightening and spreading | A |
| How far would I come then | F |
| To be at the world's wedding | A |
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| Now that I lie though | G |
| Listening living | A |
| Oh but not forever | H |
| Oh end arriving | A |
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| How shall I praise them | I |
| All the sweet beings | J |
| Eternally that outlive | B |
| Me and my dying | A |
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| Mountains I mean wind water air | K |
| Grass and huge trees clouds flowers | L |
| And thunder and night | M |
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| Turtles I mean and toads hawks herons owls | N |
| Graveyards and towns and trout roads gardens | O |
| Red berries and deer | P |
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| Lightning I mean and eagles fences snow | G |
| Sunrise and ferns waterfalls serpents | Q |
| Green islands and sleep | R |
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| Horses I mean butterflies whales | S |
| Mosses and stars and gravelly | T |
| Rivers and fruit | U |
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| Oceans I mean black valleys corn | V |
| Brambles and cliffs rock dirt dust ice | W |
| And warnings of flood | X |
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| How shall I name them | I |
| And in what order | H |
| Each would be first | Y |
| Omission is murder | H |
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| Maidens I mean and apples needles leaves | Z |
| Worms and planers and clover whirlwinds dew | A2 |
| Bulls geese | B2 |
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| Stop Lie still | C2 |
| You will never be done | D2 |
| Leave them all there | K |
| Old lover Live on | E2 |
Mark Van Doren
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