Against Roses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA CDE EEE FGF EHE IEI IJI EKE| A long eugenic past | A |
| reduces roses to | B |
| a vain and pampered caste | A |
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| Their charm is artifice | C |
| their fragile shell of cells | D |
| unfit for wilderness | E |
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| Their languid symmetries | E |
| and anorexic airs | E |
| exalt deformities | E |
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| A run of blossoms thick | F |
| and tangled by the road | G |
| displays a truer pick | F |
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| Prefer the bindweed vines | E |
| that cannot stand alone | H |
| yet clench the mossy spines | E |
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| of trees and grasp as tight | I |
| as nightmares or disease | E |
| while hoarding hints of light | I |
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| By cloning a delight | I |
| obsessing towards some form | J |
| we dull what should excite | I |
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| A rose bouquet contrives | E |
| to label wordless joy | K |
| when nothing true survives | E |
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