There Was Earth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDEE FGHB IJKL MNMN| There was Earth in them and | A |
| they dug | B |
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| They dug and they dug and so | C |
| their Day went by and their Night And they did not praise God | D |
| who so they heard wanted all this | E |
| who so they heard knew of all this | E |
| - | |
| They dug and they heard nothing more | F |
| did not grow wise invented no Song | G |
| thought up for themselves no Language | H |
| They dug | B |
| - | |
| There came a Silence there came a Storm | I |
| There came every Ocean | J |
| I dig you dig and it digs the Worm | K |
| and the Singing there says They dig | L |
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| O someone o none o no one o you | M |
| Where did it lead to that nowhere leading | N |
| O you dig and I dig and I dig towards you | M |
| and on our finger awakens the Ring | N |
Paul Celan
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