A Desolation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFBGHI BIJKLK MNCBOIP| Now mind is clear | A |
| as a cloudless sky | B |
| Time then to make a | C |
| home in wilderness | D |
| - | |
| What have I done but | E |
| wander with my eyes | F |
| in the trees So I | B |
| will build wife | G |
| family and seek | H |
| for neighbors | I |
| - | |
| Or I | B |
| perish of lonesomeness | I |
| or want of food or | J |
| lightning or the bear | K |
| must tame the hart | L |
| and wear the bear | K |
| - | |
| And maybe make an image | M |
| of my wandering a little | N |
| image shrine by the | C |
| roadside to signify | B |
| to traveler that I live | O |
| here in the wilderness | I |
| awake and at home | P |
Allen Ginsberg
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