If You Forget Me Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDEAFGHIJKLMNO POQ OOOJ RSTUVWGXGYZA2 B2XGOC2GOD2E2F2G2YH2| I want you to know | A |
| one thing | B |
| - | |
| You know how this is | C |
| if I look | D |
| at the crystal moon at the red branch | E |
| of the slow autumn at my window | A |
| if I touch | F |
| near the fire | G |
| the impalpable ash | H |
| or the wrinkled body of the log | I |
| everything carries me to you | J |
| as if everything that exists | K |
| aromas light metals | L |
| were little boats | M |
| that sail | N |
| toward those isles of yours that wait for me | O |
| - | |
| Well now | P |
| if little by little you stop loving me | O |
| I shall stop loving you little by little | Q |
| - | |
| If suddenly | O |
| you forget me | O |
| do not look for me | O |
| for I shall already have forgotten you | J |
| - | |
| If you think it long and mad | R |
| the wind of banners | S |
| that passes through my life | T |
| and you decide | U |
| to leave me at the shore | V |
| of the heart where I have roots | W |
| remember | G |
| that on that day | X |
| at that hour | G |
| I shall lift my arms | Y |
| and my roots will set off | Z |
| to seek another land | A2 |
| - | |
| But | B2 |
| if each day | X |
| each hour | G |
| you feel that you are destined for me | O |
| with implacable sweetness | C2 |
| if each day a flower | G |
| climbs up to your lips to seek me | O |
| ah my love ah my own | D2 |
| in me all that fire is repeated | E2 |
| in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten | F2 |
| my love feeds on your love beloved | G2 |
| and as long as you live it will be in your arms | Y |
| without leaving mine | H2 |
Pablo Neruda
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About If You Forget Me
If You Forget Me is a poem by Pablo Neruda. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.