Dancing Adairs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEFGGHIJJIAGGKLM| Behold me in my chiffon gauze and tinsel | A |
| Flitting out of the shadow into the spotlight | B |
| And into the shadow again without a whisper | C |
| Firefly's my name I am evanescent | D |
| Firefly's your name You are evanescent | D |
| But I follow you as remorselessly as darkness | E |
| And shut you in and enclose you at last and always | F |
| Till you are lost as a voice is lost in silence | G |
| Till I am lost as a voice is lost in silence | G |
| Are you the one who would close so cool about me | H |
| My fire sheds into and through you and beyond you | I |
| How can your fingers hold me I am elusive | J |
| How can my fingers hold you You are elusive | J |
| Yes you are flame but I surround and love you | I |
| Always extend beyond you cool eternal | A |
| To take you into my heart's great void of silence | G |
| You shut me into your heart's great void of silence | G |
| O sweet and soothing end for a life of whirling | K |
| Now I am still whose life was mazed with motion | L |
| Now I sink into you for love of sleep | M |
Conrad Aiken
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