Testament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKBK| I said I will take my life | A |
| And throw it away | B |
| I who was fire and song | C |
| Will turn to clay | B |
| - | |
| I will lie no more in the night | D |
| With shaken breath | E |
| I will toss my heart in the air | F |
| To be caught by Death | E |
| - | |
| But out of the night I heard | G |
| Like the inland sound of the sea | H |
| The hushed and terrible sob | I |
| Of all humanity | H |
| - | |
| Then I said Oh who am I | J |
| To scorn God to his face | K |
| I will bow my head and stay | B |
| And suffer with my race | K |
Sara Teasdale
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