Annihilation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBB BCBC DBDB BEBF GHGH IBIB HBHB GJGJWhile the blue noon above us arches | A |
And the poplar sheds disconsolate leaves | B |
Tell me again why love bewitches | B |
And what love gives | B |
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It is the trembling finger that traces | B |
The eyebrow s curve the curve of the cheek | C |
The mouth that quivers when the hand caresses | B |
But cannot speak | C |
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No not these not in these is hidden | D |
The secret more than in other things | B |
Not only the touch of a hand can gladden | D |
Till the blood sings | B |
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It is the leaf that falls between us | B |
The bells that murmur the shadows that move | E |
The autumnal sunlight that fades upon us | B |
These things are love | F |
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It is the No let us sit here longer | G |
The Wait till tomorrow the Once I knew | H |
These trifles said as I touch your finger | G |
And the clock strikes two | H |
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The world is intricate and we are nothing | I |
It is the complex world of grass | B |
A twig on the path a look of loathing | I |
Feelings that pass | B |
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These are the secret And I could hate you | H |
When as I lean for another kiss | B |
I see in your eyes that I do not meet you | H |
And that love is this | B |
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Rock meeting rock can know love better | G |
Than eyes that stare or lips that touch | J |
All that we know in love is bitter | G |
And it is not much | J |
Conrad Potter Aiken
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