Feb. 29, 1958 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFCGHIJJJKCLCIIM NJNKCCCOPCICQRCCISOJ ILast nite I dreamed of T S Eliot | A |
welcoming me to the land of dream | B |
Sofas couches fog in England | C |
Tea in his digs Chelsea rainbows | D |
curtains on his windows fog seeping in | E |
the chimney but a nice warm house | F |
and an incredibly sweet hooknosed | C |
Eliot he loved me put me up | G |
gave me a couch to sleep on | H |
conversed kindly took me serious | I |
asked my opinion on Mayakovsky | J |
I read him Corso Creeley Kerouac | J |
advised Burroughs Olson Huncke | J |
the bearded lady in the Zoo the | K |
intelligent puma in Mexico City | C |
chorus boys from Zanzibar | L |
who chanted in wornout polygot | C |
Swahili and the rippling rythyms | I |
of Ma Rainey and Vachel Lindsay | I |
On the Isle of the Queen | M |
we had a long evening's conversation | N |
Then he tucked me in my long | J |
red underwear under a silken | N |
blanket by the fire on the sofa | K |
gave me English Hottie | C |
and went off sadly to his bed | C |
Saying ah Ginsberg I am glad | C |
to have met a fine young man like you | O |
At last I woke ashamed of myself | P |
Is he that good and kind Am I that great | C |
What's my motive dreaming his | I |
manna What English Department | C |
would that impress What failure | Q |
to be perfect prophet's made up here | R |
I dream of my kindness to T S Eliot | C |
wanting to be a historical poet | C |
and share in his finance of Imagery | I |
overambitious dream of eccentric boy | S |
God forbid my evil dreams come true | O |
Last nite I dreamed of Allen Ginsberg | J |
T S Eliot would've been ashamed of me | I |
Allen Ginsberg
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