The Death Of Allegory Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJFK LMFF NFFO FPKF QRSF TFFU| I am wondering what became of all those tall abstractions | A |
| that used to pose robed and statuesque in paintings | B |
| and parade about on the pages of the Renaissance | C |
| displaying their capital letters like license plates | D |
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| Truth cantering on a powerful horse | E |
| Chastity eyes downcast fluttering with veils | F |
| Each one was marble come to life a thought in a coat | G |
| Courtesy bowing with one hand always extended | H |
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| Villainy sharpening an instrument behind a wall | I |
| Reason with her crown and Constancy alert behind a helm | J |
| They are all retired now consigned to a Florida for tropes | F |
| Justice is there standing by an open refrigerator | K |
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| Valor lies in bed listening to the rain | L |
| Even Death has nothing to do but mend his cloak and hood | M |
| and all their props are locked away in a warehouse | F |
| hourglasses globes blindfolds and shackles | F |
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| Even if you called them back there are no places left | N |
| for them to go no Garden of Mirth or Bower of Bliss | F |
| The Valley of Forgiveness is lined with condominiums | F |
| and chain saws are howling in the Forest of Despair | O |
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| Here on the table near the window is a vase of peonies | F |
| and next to it black binoculars and a money clip | P |
| exactly the kind of thing we now prefer | K |
| objects that sit quietly on a line in lower case | F |
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| themselves and nothing more a wheelbarrow | Q |
| an empty mailbox a razor blade resting in a glass ashtray | R |
| As for the others the great ideas on horseback | S |
| and the long haired virtues in embroidered gowns | F |
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| it looks as though they have traveled down | T |
| that road you see on the final page of storybooks | F |
| the one that winds up a green hillside and disappears | F |
| into an unseen valley where everyone must be fast asleep | U |
Billy Collins
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