The Mothering Blackness Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCA AAACA BDDCB| She came home running | A |
| back to the mothering blackness | B |
| deep in the smothering blackness | B |
| white tears icicle gold plains of her face | C |
| She came home running | A |
| - | |
| She came down creeping | A |
| here to the black arms waiting | A |
| now to the warm heart waiting | A |
| rime of alien dreams befrosts her rich brown face | C |
| She came down creeping | A |
| - | |
| She came home blameless | B |
| black yet as Hagar s daughter | D |
| tall as was Sheba s daughter | D |
| threats of northern winds die on the desert s face | C |
| She came home blameless | B |
Maya Angelou
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