The first four lines of the poem have an included rhyme, evoking the beginning of a Petrarchan sonnet. While Petrarch's sonnets traditionally address themes of love, whether unobtainable or perfect, this rhyme scheme draws a comparison between the character's loss of inspiration and a lost love, thus reinforcing the depth of his struggle. The fact that it is not a separate quatrain, as would be the case in a Petrarchan sonnet, represents the inevitable flow of personality from conscious thought into a confused dream state. After the first few lines is a rhyming couplet that reads: "Apples, I didn't pick any branches/But I'm done with picking apples now." » (535) This couplet brings together the concept of his abandonment because he did not pick all the apples from the orchard and therefore did not achieve his goal of a "great harvest »..”