Zudora Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDECFGHHIJKGLLMN GNOOBBJJIGPQ| Here on the pale beach in the darkness | A |
| With the full moon just to rise | B |
| They sit alone and look over the sea | C |
| Or into each other's eyes | B |
| She pokes her parasol into the sleepy sand | D |
| Or sifts the lazy whiteness through her hand | D |
| 'A lovely night ' he says 'the moon | E |
| Comes up for you and me | C |
| Just like a blind old spotlight there | F |
| Fizzing across the sea ' | G |
| She pays no heed nor even turns her head | H |
| He slides his arm around her waist instead | H |
| 'Why don't we do a sketch together | I |
| Those songs you sing are swell | J |
| Where did you get them anyway | K |
| They suit you awfully well ' | G |
| She will not turn to him will not resist | L |
| Impassive she submits to being kissed | L |
| 'My husband wrote all four of them | M |
| You know my husband drowned | N |
| He was always sickly soon depressed ' | G |
| But still she hears the sound | N |
| Of a stateroom door shut hard and footsteps going | O |
| Swiftly and steadily and the dark sea flowing | O |
| She hears the dark sea flowing and sees his eyes | B |
| Hollow with disenchantment sick surprise | B |
| And hate of her whom he had loved too well | J |
| She lowers her eyes demurely prods a shell | J |
| 'Yes We might do an act together | I |
| That would be very nice ' | G |
| He kisses her passionately and thinks | P |
| She's carnal but cold as ice | Q |
Conrad Aiken
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