Colours Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJFKLKMNHEKO N| When your face came rising | A |
| above my crumpled life | B |
| the only thing I understood at first | C |
| was how meager were all my possessions | D |
| But your face cast a peculiar glow | E |
| on forests seas and rivers | F |
| initiating into the colors of the world | G |
| uninitiated me | H |
| I'm so afraid I'm so afraid | I |
| the unexpected dawn might end | J |
| ending the discoveries tears and raptures | F |
| but I refuse to fight this fear | K |
| This fear I understand | L |
| is love itself I cherish this fear | K |
| not knowing how to cherish | M |
| I careless guardian of my love | N |
| This fear has ringed me tightly | H |
| These moments are so brief I know | E |
| and for me the colors will disappear | K |
| when once your face has set | O |
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| Translated by George Reavey | N |
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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Philippa: Very bad translation kills this poem. There is a much better translation