Envy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPLLQR STSOUOCV R| I envy This secret | A |
| I have not revealed before | B |
| I know there is somewhere a boy | C |
| whom I greatly envy | D |
| I envy the way he fights | E |
| I myself was never so guileless and bold | F |
| I envy the way he laughs | G |
| as a boy I could never laugh like that | H |
| He always walks about with bumps and bruises | I |
| I've always been better combed intact | J |
| He will not miss all those passages in books | K |
| I've missed Here he is stronger too | L |
| He will be more blunt and harshly honest | M |
| forgiving no evil even if it does some good | N |
| and where I'd dropped my pen 'It isn't worth it ' | O |
| he'd assert 'It's worth it ' and pick up the pen | P |
| If he can't unravel a knot he'll cut it through | L |
| where I can neither unravel a knot nor cut it through | L |
| Once he falls in love he won't fall out of it | Q |
| while I keep falling in and out of love | R |
| I'll hide my envy Start to smile | S |
| I'll pretend to be a simple soul | T |
| 'Someone has to smile | S |
| someone has to live in a different way ' | O |
| But much as I tried to persuade myself of this | U |
| repeating 'To each man his fate ' | O |
| I can't forget there is somewhere a boy | C |
| who will achieve far more than I | V |
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| Translated by George Reavey | R |
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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