Morning Song Of Senlin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIH JKLKMNMNOIPI AQRSJMPM GHIH PTATUEJE VWXW JKAK YMFMUGZG GHIH| It is morning Senlin says and in the morning | A |
| When the light drips through the shutters like the dew | B |
| I arise I face the sunrise | C |
| And do the things my fathers learned to do | B |
| Stars in the purple dusk above the rooftops | D |
| Pale in a saffron mist and seem to die | E |
| And I myself on a swiftly tilting planet | F |
| Stand before a glass and tie my tie | E |
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| Vine leaves tap my window | G |
| Dew drops sing to the garden stones | H |
| The robin chips in the chinaberry tree | I |
| Repeating three clear tones | H |
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| It is morning I stand by the mirror | J |
| And tie my tie once more | K |
| While waves far off in a pale rose twilight | L |
| Crash on a white sand shore | K |
| I stand by a mirror and comb my hair | M |
| How small and white my face | N |
| The green earth tilts through a sphere of air | M |
| And bathes in a flame of space | N |
| There are houses hanging above the stars | O |
| And stars hung under a sea | I |
| And a sun far off in a shell of silence | P |
| Dapples my walls for me | I |
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| It is morning Senlin says and in the morning | A |
| Should I not pause in the light to remember God | Q |
| Upright and firm I stand on a star unstable | R |
| He is immense and lonely as a cloud | S |
| I will dedicate this moment before my mirror | J |
| To him alone and for him I will comb my hair | M |
| Accept these humble offerings cloud of silence | P |
| I will think of you as I descend the stair | M |
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| Vine leaves tap my window | G |
| The snail track shines on the stones | H |
| Dew drops flash from the chinaberry tree | I |
| Repeating two clear tones | H |
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| It is morning I awake from a bed of silence | P |
| Shining I rise from the starless waters of sleep | T |
| The walls are about me still as in the evening | A |
| I am the same and the same name still I keep | T |
| The earth revolves with me yet makes no motion | U |
| The stars pale silently in a coral sky | E |
| In a whistling void I stand before my mirror | J |
| Unconcerned I tie my tie | E |
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| There are horses neighing on far off hills | V |
| Tossing their long white manes | W |
| And mountains flash in the rose white dusk | X |
| Their shoulders black with rains | W |
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| It is morning I stand by the mirror | J |
| And surprise my soul once more | K |
| The blue air rushes above my ceiling | A |
| There are suns beneath my floor | K |
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| It is morning Senlin says I ascend from darkness | Y |
| And depart on the winds of space for I know not where | M |
| My watch is wound a key is in my pocket | F |
| And the sky is darkened as I descend the stair | M |
| There are shadows across the windows clouds in heaven | U |
| And a god among the stars and I will go | G |
| Thinking of him as I might think of daybreak | Z |
| And humming a tune I know | G |
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| Vine leaves tap at the window | G |
| Dew drops sing to the garden stones | H |
| The robin chirps in the chinaberry tree | I |
| Repeating three clear tones | H |
Conrad Aiken
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