Mother, Among The Dustbins Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFGF| Mother among the dustbins and the manure | A |
| I feel the measure of my humanity an allure | A |
| As of the presence of God I am sure | A |
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| In the dustbins in the manure in the cat at play | B |
| Is the presence of God in a sure way | B |
| He moves there Mother what do you say | B |
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| I too have felt the presence of God in the broom | C |
| I hold in the cobwebs in the room | C |
| But most of all in the silence of the tomb | C |
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| Ah but that thought that informs the hope of our kind | D |
| Is but an empty thing what lies behind | D |
| Naught but the vanity of a protesting mind | D |
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| That would not die This is the thought that bounces | E |
| Within a conceited head and trounces | E |
| Inquiry Man is most frivolous when he pronounces | E |
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| Well Mother I shall continue to think as I do | F |
| And I think you would be wise to do so too | F |
| Can you question the folly of man in the creation of God | G |
| Who are you | F |
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