Fury Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFEGHEEIJEKLMELN OBPGQREG S| They tell me shaking their heads | A |
| 'You should be kinder You are somehow furious ' | B |
| I used to be kind It didn't last long | C |
| Life was breaking me hitting me in the teeth | D |
| I lived like a silly puppy | E |
| They would hit me and again I would turn the other cheek | F |
| I'd wag my tail of complacency | E |
| and then to make me furious | G |
| someone chopped it off with a single blow | H |
| And now I will tell you about fury | E |
| about that fury with which you go to a party | E |
| and make polite conversation | I |
| while dropping sugar into your tea with tongs | J |
| And when you offer me more tea | E |
| I'm not bored I merely study you | K |
| I submissively drink my tea from the saucer | L |
| and hiding my claws stretch out my hand | M |
| And I'll tell you something else about fury | E |
| When before the meeting they whisper | L |
| 'Give it up | N |
| You're young better you write | O |
| don't jump into a fight for a while ' | B |
| Like hell I'll give in | P |
| To be furious at falsehood is real goodness | G |
| I'm warning you that fury hasn't left me yet | Q |
| And you ought to know I'll stay infuriated for a long time | R |
| There's none of my former shyness left in me | E |
| After all life is interesting when you're furious | G |
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| Translated by Tina Tupikina Glaessner Geoffrey Dutton and Igor Mezhakoff Koriakin revised | S |
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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