I Do Not Speak Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCC DDD| I do not ask for mercy for understanding for peace | A |
| And in these heavy days I do not ask for release | A |
| I do not ask that suffering shall cease | A |
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| I do not pray to God to let me die | B |
| To give an ear attentive to my cry | B |
| To pause in his marching and not hurry by | B |
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| I do not ask for anything I do not speak | C |
| I do not question and I do not seek | C |
| I used to in the day when I was weak | C |
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| Now I am strong and lapped in sorrow | D |
| As in a coat of magic mail and borrow | D |
| From Time today and care not for tomorrow | D |
Stevie Smith
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