My Sad Self Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTD UV WXCYZA2B2B2B2UH B2B2C2D2E2F2VG2VH2H UB2I2J2VK2ZL2 CIM2N2O2P2Q2B2R2HHB2 SS2| To Frank O Hara | A |
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| Sometimes when my eyes are red | B |
| I go up on top of the RCA Building | C |
| and gaze at my world Manhattan | D |
| my buildings streets I ve done feats in | E |
| lofts beds coldwater flats | F |
| on Fifth Ave below which I also bear in mind | G |
| its ant cars little yellow taxis men | H |
| walking the size of specks of wool | I |
| Panorama of the bridges sunrise over Brooklyn machine | J |
| sun go down over New Jersey where I was born | K |
| Paterson where I played with ants | L |
| my later loves on th Street | M |
| my greater loves of Lower East Side | N |
| my once fabulous amours in the Bronx | O |
| faraway | P |
| paths crossing in these hidden streets | Q |
| my history summed up my absences | R |
| and ecstasies in Harlem | S |
| sun shining down on all I own | T |
| in one eyeblink to the horizon | D |
| in my last eternity | U |
| matter is water | V |
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| Sad | W |
| I take the elevator and go | X |
| down pondering | C |
| and walk on the pavements staring into all man s | Y |
| plateglass faces | Z |
| questioning after who loves | A2 |
| and stop bemused | B2 |
| in front of an automobile shopwindow | B2 |
| standing lost in calm thought | B2 |
| traffic moving up down th Avenue blocks behind me | U |
| waiting for a moment when | H |
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| Time to go home cook supper listen to | B2 |
| the romantic war news on the radio | B2 |
| all movement stops | C2 |
| I walk in the timeless sadness of existence | D2 |
| tenderness flowing thru the buildings | E2 |
| my fingertips touching reality s face | F2 |
| my own face streaked with tears in the mirror | V |
| of some window at dusk | G2 |
| where I have no desire | V |
| for bonbons or to own the dresses or Japanese | H2 |
| lampshades of intellection | H |
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| Confused by the spectacle around me | U |
| Man struggling up the street | B2 |
| with packages newspapers | I2 |
| ties beautiful suits | J2 |
| toward his desire | V |
| Man woman streaming over the pavements | K2 |
| red lights clocking hurried watches | Z |
| movements at the curb | L2 |
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| And all these streets leading | C |
| so crosswise honking lengthily | I |
| by avenues | M2 |
| stalked by high buildings or crusted into slums | N2 |
| thru such halting traffic | O2 |
| screaming cars and engines | P2 |
| so painfully to this | Q2 |
| countryside this graveyard | B2 |
| this stillness | R2 |
| on deathbed or mountain | H |
| once seen | H |
| never regained or desired | B2 |
| in the mind to come | S |
| where all Manhattan that I ve seen must disappear | S2 |
Allen Ginsberg
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