A Ritual To Read To Each Other Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG HIJK JLMI ENJN| If you don't know the kind of person I am | A |
| and I don't know the kind of person you are | B |
| a pattern that others made may prevail in the world | C |
| and following the wrong god home we may miss our star | B |
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| For there is many a small betrayal in the mind | D |
| a shrug that lets the fragile sequence break | E |
| sending with shouts the horrible errors of childhood | F |
| storming out to play through the broken dyke | G |
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| And as elephants parade holding each elephant's tail | H |
| but if one wanders the circus won't find the park | I |
| I call it cruel and maybe the root of all cruelty | J |
| to know what occurs but not recognize the fact | K |
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| And so I appeal to a voice to something shadowy | J |
| a remote important region in all who talk | L |
| though we could fool each other we should consider | M |
| lest the parade of our mutual life get lost in the dark | I |
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| For it is important that awake people be awake | E |
| or a breaking line may discourage them back to sleep | N |
| the signals we give yes or no or maybe | J |
| should be clear the darkness around us is deep | N |
William Stafford
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