I Do Not Fear To Own Me Kin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DEFF BBGGHHIJKK LLMMNOOJJNN| I DO not fear to own me kin | A |
| To the glad clods in which spring flowers begin | A |
| Or to my brothers the great trees | B |
| That speak with pleasant voices in the breeze | B |
| Loud talkers with the winds that pass | C |
| Or to my sister the deep grass | C |
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| Of such I am of such my body is | D |
| That thrills to reach its lips to kiss | E |
| That gives and takes with wind and sun and rain | F |
| And feels keen pleasure to the point of pain | F |
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| Of such are these | B |
| The brotherhood of stalwart trees | B |
| The humble family of flowers | G |
| That make a light of shadowy bowers | G |
| Or star the edges of the bent | H |
| They give and take sweet colour and sweet scent | H |
| They joy to shed themselves abroad | I |
| And tree and flower and grass and sod | J |
| Thrill and leap and live and sing | K |
| With silent voices in the Spring | K |
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| Hence I not fear to yield my breath | L |
| Since all is still unchanged by death | L |
| Since in some pleasant valley I may be | M |
| Clod beside clod or tree by tree | M |
| Long ages hence with her I love this hour | N |
| And feel a lively joy to share | O |
| With her the sun and rain and air | O |
| To taste her quiet neighbourhood | J |
| As the dumb things of field and wood | J |
| The clod the tree and starry flower | N |
| Alone of all things have the power | N |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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