Sonnet (for Hilda) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGDDDDHD| It is for you I ponder the wasted time | A |
| While shadows dance along the wall | B |
| It is for you I wait for another state of mind | C |
| In haste the mood is gathering the tide | D |
| I stood before you in your raged state as | E |
| You clung to me in desperate longing | F |
| But I was loath to hold your dying face | G |
| As these sixty years have passed unfathomed | D |
| And each day and each year an eternity | D |
| There is no one to tend the depth of tragedy | D |
| Not I nor any words spoken give testament to | D |
| Your devotion kept sealed in whisky jars | H |
| In the house where faith once lived | D |
Ronald Macpherson
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Poet's note: This poem is about my mother who was trapped in an unloving and abusive marriage that resulted in alcohol abuse and serious depression that ultimately caused her death at the age of forty seven. It represented a tragedy for someone who had considerable talent and promise that was unrealized.
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