We Are Many Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFBG HBIDBJ KBLMIN OPFQRST CIUCVDIW XYJDUZA2B2C2D| Of the many men whom I am whom we are | A |
| I cannot settle on a single one | B |
| They are lost to me under the cover of clothing | C |
| They have departed for another city | D |
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| When everything seems to be set | E |
| to show me off as a man of intelligence | F |
| the fool I keep concealed on my person | B |
| takes over my talk and occupies my mouth | G |
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| On other occasions I am dozing in the midst | H |
| of people of some distinction | B |
| and when I summon my courageous self | I |
| a coward completely unknown to me | D |
| swaddles my poor skeleton | B |
| in a thousand tiny reservations | J |
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| When a stately home bursts into flames | K |
| instead of the fireman I summon | B |
| an arsonist bursts on the scene | L |
| and he is I There is nothing I can do | M |
| What must I do to distinguish myself | I |
| How can I put myself together | N |
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| All the books I read | O |
| lionize dazzling hero figures | P |
| brimming with self assurance | F |
| I die with envy of them | Q |
| and in films where bullets fly on the wind | R |
| I am left in envy of the cowboys | S |
| left admiring even the horses | T |
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| But when I call upon my DASHING BEING | C |
| out comes the same OLD LAZY SELF | I |
| and so I never know just WHO I AM | U |
| nor how many I am nor WHO WE WILL BE BEING | C |
| I would like to be able to touch a bell | V |
| and call up my real self the truly me | D |
| because if I really need my proper self | I |
| I must not allow myself to disappear | W |
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| While I am writing I am far away | X |
| and when I come back I have already left | Y |
| I should like to see if the same thing happens | J |
| to other people as it does to me | D |
| to see if as many people are as I am | U |
| and if they seem the same way to themselves | Z |
| When this problem has been thoroughly explored | A2 |
| I am going to school myself so well in things | B2 |
| that when I try to explain my problems | C2 |
| I shall speak not of self but of geography | D |
Pablo Neruda
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We Are Many is a poem by Pablo Neruda. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.