Child In Red Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGHI JKLM NACO AAPQ| Sometimes she walks through the village in her | A |
| little red dress | B |
| all absorbed in restraining herself | C |
| and yet despite herself she seems to move | D |
| according to the rhythm of her life to come | E |
| - | |
| She runs a bit hesitates stops | F |
| half turns around | G |
| and all while dreaming shakes her head | H |
| for or against | I |
| - | |
| Then she dances a few steps | J |
| that she invents and forgets | K |
| no doubt finding out that life | L |
| moves on too fast | M |
| - | |
| It's not so much that she steps out | N |
| of the small body enclosing her | A |
| but that all she carries in herself | C |
| frolics and ferments | O |
| - | |
| It's this dress that she'll remember | A |
| later in a sweet surrender | A |
| when her whole life is full of risks | P |
| the little red dress will always seem right | Q |
Rainer Maria Rilke
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