Chaplin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CD EE FF GG HH I| The sun a heavy spider spins in the thirsty sky | A |
| The wind hides under cactus leaves in doorway corners Only the wry | A |
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| Small shadow accompanies Hamlet Petrouchka's march the slight | B |
| Wry sniggering shadow in front of the morning turning at noon behind towards night | B |
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| The plumed cavalcade has passed to tomorrow is lost again | C |
| But the wisecrack mask the quick flick fanfare of the cane remain | D |
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| Diminuendo of footsteps even is done | E |
| Only remain Don Quixote hat cane smile and sun | E |
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| Goliaths fall to our sling but craftier fates than these | F |
| Lie ambushed malice of open manholes strings in the dark and falling trees | F |
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| God kicks our backsides scatters peel on the smoothest stair | G |
| And towering centaurs steal the tulip lips the aureoled hair | G |
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| While we craned from the gallery throw our cardboard flowers | H |
| And our feet jerk to tunes not played for ours | H |
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| Submitted by Stephen Fryer | I |
Arthur Seymour John Tessimond
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