Dedication For A Plot Of Ground Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSC TUVHWXYHZA2B2C2D2CA2 D2E2 D2F2GD2K D2G2| This plot of ground | A |
| facing the waters of this inlet | B |
| is dedicated to the living presence of | C |
| Emily Dickinson Wellcome | D |
| who was born in England married | E |
| lost her husband and with | F |
| her five year old son | G |
| sailed for New York in a two master | H |
| was driven to the Azores | I |
| ran adrift on Fire Island shoal | J |
| met her second husband | K |
| in a Brooklyn boarding house | L |
| went with him to Puerto Rico | M |
| bore three more children lost | N |
| her second husband lived hard | O |
| for eight years in St Thomas | P |
| Puerto Rico San Domingo followed | Q |
| the oldest son to New York | R |
| lost her daughter lost her baby | S |
| seized the two boys of | C |
| the oldest son by the second marriage | T |
| mothered them they being | U |
| motherless fought for them | V |
| against the other grandmother | H |
| and the aunts brought them here | W |
| summer after summer defended | X |
| herself here against thieves | Y |
| storms sun fire | H |
| against flies against girls | Z |
| that came smelling about against | A2 |
| drought against weeds storm tides | B2 |
| neighbors weasels that stole her chickens | C2 |
| against the weakness of her own hands | D2 |
| against the growing strength of | C |
| the boys against wind against | A2 |
| the stones against trespassers | D2 |
| against rents against her own mind | E2 |
| - | |
| She grubbed this earth with her own hands | D2 |
| domineered over this grass plot | F2 |
| blackguarded her oldest son | G |
| into buying it lived here fifteen years | D2 |
| attained a final loneliness and | K |
| - | |
| If you can bring nothing to this place | D2 |
| but your carcass keep out | G2 |
William Carlos Williams
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