I Like For You To Be Still Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCEFGFFHI ACJKCDLLMJNOPQ ABRSTIDi like for you to be still | A |
it is as though you are absent | B |
And you hear me from far away | C |
And my voice does not touch you | D |
it seems as though your eyes had flown away | C |
And it seems that a kiss had sealed your mouth | E |
As all things are filled with my soul | F |
You emerge from the things | G |
Filled with my soul | F |
You are like my soul | F |
A butterfly of dream | H |
And you are like the word Melancholy | I |
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i like for you to be still | A |
And you seem far away | C |
it sounds as though you are lamenting | J |
A butterfly cooing like a dove | K |
And you hear me from far away | C |
And my voice does not reach you | D |
Let me come to be still in your silence | L |
And let me talk to you with your silence | L |
That is bright as a lamp | M |
Simple as a ring | J |
You are like the night | N |
With its stillness and constellations | O |
Your silence is that of a star | P |
As remote and candid | Q |
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i like for you to be still | A |
it is as though you are absent | B |
Distant and full of sorrow | R |
So you would've died | S |
One word then One smile is enough | T |
And i'm happy | I |
Happy that it's not true | D |
Pablo Neruda
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