Ars Poetica Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DE FG HI JK FG LL MM NO PO| A poem should be palpable and mute | A |
| As a globed fruit | A |
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| Dumb | B |
| As old medallions to the thumb | B |
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| Silent as the sleeve worn stone | C |
| Of casement ledges where the moss has grown | C |
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| A poem should be wordless | D |
| As the flight of birds | E |
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| A poem should be motionless in time | F |
| As the moon climbs | G |
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| Leaving as the moon releases | H |
| Twig by twig the night entangled trees | I |
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| Leaving as the moon behind the winter leaves | J |
| Memory by memory the mind | K |
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| A poem should be motionless in time | F |
| As the moon climbs | G |
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| A poem should be equal to | L |
| Not true | L |
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| For all the history of grief | M |
| An empty doorway and a maple leaf | M |
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| For love | N |
| The leaning grasses and two lights above the sea | O |
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| A poem should not mean | P |
| But be | O |
Archibald Macleish
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