I Like You Calm, As If You Were Absent Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEECFACBGGCABAAAH IABCDAACAACBGGCABAAA H| I like you calm as if you were absent | A |
| and you hear me far off and my voice does not touch you | B |
| It seems that your eyelids have taken to flying | C |
| it seems that a kiss has sealed up your mouth | D |
| Since all these things are filled with my spirit | E |
| you come from things filled with my spirit | E |
| You appear as my soul as the butterfly s dreaming | C |
| and you appear as Sadness s word | F |
| I like you calm as if you were distant | A |
| you are a moaning a butterfly s cooing | C |
| You hear me far off my voice does not reach you | B |
| Let me be calmed then calmed by your silence | G |
| Let me commune then commune with your silence | G |
| clear as a light and pure as a ring | C |
| You are like night calmed constellated | A |
| Your silence is star like as distant as true | B |
| I like you calm as if you were absent | A |
| distant and saddened as if you were dead | A |
| One word at that moment a smile is sufficient | A |
| And I thrill then I thrill that it cannot be so | H |
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| I like you calm as if you were absent | A |
| and you hear me far off and my voice does not touch you | B |
| It seems that your eyelids have taken to flying | C |
| it seems that a kiss has sealed up your mouth | D |
| Since all these things are filled with my spirit | A |
| you come from things filled with my spirit | A |
| You appear as my soul as the butterfly s dreaming | C |
| and you appear as Sadness s word | A |
| I like you calm as if you were distant | A |
| you are a moaning a butterfly s cooing | C |
| You hear me far off my voice does not reach you | B |
| Let me be calmed then calmed by your silence | G |
| Let me commune then commune with your silence | G |
| clear as a light and pure as a ring | C |
| You are like night calmed constellated | A |
| Your silence is star like as distant as true | B |
| I like you calm as if you were absent | A |
| distant and saddened as if you were dead | A |
| One word at that moment a smile is sufficient | A |
| And I thrill then I thrill that it cannot be so | H |
Pablo Neruda
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I Like You Calm, As If You Were Absent is a poem by Pablo Neruda. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.