The Candle She Claimed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ| A child was left her parents gone | A |
| Raised in a house where love was withdrawn | A |
| No gentle hands no birthday cheer | B |
| Just silence echoing year by year | B |
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| Relatives kept her but hearts were cold | C |
| Stories of kindness were never told | C |
| She learned to shrink to hide her pain | D |
| To walk through shadows through endless rain | D |
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| No candles lit no songs to sing | E |
| No gifts no joy no golden ring | E |
| Her birthdays vanished lost in time | F |
| Forgotten verses unsung rhyme | F |
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| But at twenty four she stood alone | G |
| With strength she d gathered fully grown | G |
| She bought a cake she lit the flame | H |
| And whispered softly her own name | H |
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| I matter now I claim my place | I |
| I rise with courage I live with grace | I |
| No crowd no choir no borrowed hand | J |
| I celebrate what I withstand | J |
Vanessa Dizon Alvarez
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