On A Drawing By Charles Tomlinson Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCA BDEF GCH HCA B| By a swath of inks the eye | A |
| thinks it sees solidities | B |
| which alter with the watercolor | C |
| way his brush washes its dye | A |
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| in distance though even this | B |
| finds a faraway fixed not | D |
| by the surveyor's plumb but | E |
| by the action of the thumb | F |
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| delaying all the fingers meant | G |
| to draw out of the paper | C |
| splashed dry The clean grain | H |
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| catches what it should retain | H |
| if enough pressure pleasure | C |
| is applied to the stain to lie | A |
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| Note Tomlinson is not only a distinctive poet but a visual artist of repute His graphics grace the covers of many of his books This Homage attempts to imitate his verse style or rather one of his verse styles | B |
Bill Knott
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