Security Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE BFGHD IFJKL| Tomorrow will have an island Before night | A |
| I always find it Then on to the next island | B |
| These places hidden in the day separate | C |
| and come forward if you beckon | D |
| But you have to know they are there before they exist | E |
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| Some time there will be a tomorrow without any island | B |
| So far I haven't let that happen but after | F |
| I'm gone others may become faithless and careless | G |
| Before them will tumble the wide unbroken sea | H |
| and without any hope they will stare at the horizon | D |
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| So to you Friend I confide my secret | I |
| to be a discoverer you hold close whatever | F |
| you find and after a while you decide | J |
| what it is Then secure in where you have been | K |
| you turn to the open sea and let go | L |
William Stafford
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