No, I'll No Take Half Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL M| No I'll not take the half of anything | A |
| Give me the whole sky The far flung earth | B |
| Seas and rivers and mountain avalanches | C |
| All these are mine I'll accept no less | D |
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| No life you cannot woo me with a part | E |
| Let it be all or nothing I can shoulder that | F |
| I don't want happiness by halves | G |
| Nor is half of sorrow what I want | H |
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| Yet there's a pillow I would share | I |
| Where gently pressed against a cheek | J |
| Like a helpless star a falling star | K |
| A ring glimmers on a finger of your hand | L |
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| Translated by George Reavey | M |
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
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