The Dead Woman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF C GG HIHJ KKLMNO KBPQRSTUVBWXYO

If suddenly you do not existA
if suddenly you no longer liveB
I shall live onC
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I do not dareD
I do not dare to write itE
if you dieF
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I shall live onC
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For where a man has no voiceG
there my voiceG
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Where blacks are beatenH
I cannot be deadI
When my brothers go to prisonH
I shall go with themJ
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When victoryK
not my victoryK
but the great victory comesL
even though I am mute I must speakM
I shall see it come evenN
though I am blindO
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No forgive meK
If you no longer liveB
if you beloved my loveP
if you have diedQ
all the leaves will fall in my breastR
it will rain on my soul night and dayS
the snow will burn my heartT
I shall walk with frost and fire and death and snowU
my feet will want to walk to where you are sleeping butV
I shall stay aliveB
because above all thingsW
you wanted me indomitableX
and my love because you know that I am not only a manY
but all mankindO

Pablo Neruda



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