Self(the Poet Passé)portrait Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJJK LM| His task to watch an hourglass wash itself | A |
| A ritual cleansing that leaves him bare | B |
| Though no purification's new enough | C |
| To nullify the need for such labor | D |
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| Prior soon to repeat platonic clone | E |
| He should have practiced that horizon | F |
| Vocation camouflage opening his | G |
| Arms wide the better to hide But of course | H |
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| If the flesh is fire bones are the kindling | I |
| Still there but aching to be unbelied | J |
| By the lover unbellied as breaths held | J |
| Until all the minutes fall to the wrong | K |
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| End of the hour and find his final | L |
| Efforts ve faded dated as or like a sundial | M |
Bill Knott
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