Syrinx Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEBFGHIJKLMNOBO LPIQBKQRRSTQULBRRD IOV| Like the foghorn that's all lung | A |
| the wind chime that's all percussion | B |
| like the wind itself that's merely air | C |
| in a terrible fret without so much | D |
| as a finger to articulate | E |
| what ails it the aeolian | B |
| syrinx that reed | F |
| in the throat of a bird | G |
| when it comes to the shaping of | H |
| what we call consonants is | I |
| too imprecise for consensus | J |
| about what it even seems to | K |
| be saying is it o ka lee | L |
| or con ka ree is it really jug jug | M |
| is it cuckoo for that matter | N |
| much less whether a bird's call | O |
| means anything in | B |
| particular or at all | O |
| - | |
| Syntax comes last there can be | L |
| no doubt of it came last | P |
| can be thought of is | I |
| thought of by some as a | Q |
| higher form of expression | B |
| is in extremity first to | K |
| be jettisoned as the diva | Q |
| onstage all soaring | R |
| pectoral breathwork | R |
| takes off pure vowel | S |
| breaking free of the dry | T |
| the merely fricative | Q |
| husk of the particular rises | U |
| past saying anything any | L |
| more than the wind in | B |
| the trees waves breaking | R |
| or Homer's gibbering | R |
| Thespesiae iache | D |
| - | |
| those last chance vestiges | I |
| above the threshold the all | O |
| but dispossessed of breath | V |
Amy Clampitt
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