The Terms In Which I Think Of Reality Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC CDD CAC EFG HID DJA DKI LMA NOP QAA RST CRC SUV WXY ZA2CReality is a question | A |
of realizing how real | B |
the world is already | C |
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Time is Eternity | C |
ultimate and immovable | D |
everyone's an angel | D |
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It's Heaven's mystery | C |
of changing perfection | A |
absolute Eternity | C |
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changes Cars are always | E |
going down the street | F |
lamps go off and on | G |
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It's a great flat plain | H |
we can see everything | I |
on top of a table | D |
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Clams open on the table | D |
lambs are eaten by worms | J |
on the plain The motion | A |
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of change is beautiful | D |
as well as form called | K |
in and out of being | I |
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Next to distinguish process | L |
in its particularity with | M |
an eye to the initiation | A |
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of gratifying new changes | N |
desired in the real world | O |
Here we're overwhelmed | P |
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with such unpleasant detail | Q |
we dream again of Heaven | A |
For the world is a mountain | A |
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of shit if it's going to | R |
be moved at all it's got | S |
to be taken by handfuls | T |
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Man lives like the unhappy | C |
whore on River Street who | R |
in her Eternity gets only | C |
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a couple of bucks and a lot | S |
of snide remarks in return | U |
for seeking physical love | V |
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the best way she knows how | W |
never really heard of a glad | X |
job or joyous marriage or | Y |
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a difference in the heart | Z |
or thinks it isn't for her | A2 |
which is her worst misery | C |
Allen Ginsberg
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