Houses Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFE GHIJ GIIJ KGLM E| People who are afraid of themselves | A |
| Multiply themselves into families | B |
| And so divide themselves | A |
| And so become less afraid | C |
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| People who might have to go out | D |
| Into clanging strangers' laughter | E |
| Crowd under roofs make compacts | F |
| To no more than smile at each other | E |
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| People who might meet their own faces | G |
| Or surprise their own voices in doorways | H |
| Build themselves rooms without mirrors | I |
| And live between walls without echoes | J |
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| People who might meet other faces | G |
| And unknown voices round corners | I |
| Build themselves rooms all mirrors | I |
| And live between walls all echoes | J |
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| People who are afraid to go naked | K |
| Clothe themselves in families houses | G |
| But are still afraid of death | L |
| Because death one day will undress them | M |
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| Submitted by Stephen Fryer | E |
Arthur Seymour John Tessimond
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