The House Of Dust: Part 04: 02: Death: And A Derisive Chorus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDC DBEFE GHIJI GKLBL MNNGEN DKOBO PQNRN SBLGL PTEPG BHUVUThe door is shut She leaves the curtained office | A |
And down the grey walled stairs comes trembling slowly | B |
Towards the dazzling street | C |
Her withered hand clings tightly to the railing | D |
The long stairs rise and fall beneath her feet | C |
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Here in the brilliant sun we jostle waiting | D |
To tear her secret out We laugh we hurry | B |
We go our way revolving sinister slow | E |
She blinks in the sun and then steps faintly downward | F |
We whirl her away we shout we spin we flow | E |
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Where have you been old lady We know your secret mdash | G |
Voices jangle about her jeers and laughter | H |
She trembles tries to hurry averts her eyes | I |
Tell us the truth old lady where have you been | J |
She turns and turns her brain grows dark with cries | I |
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Look at the old fool tremble She's been paying mdash | G |
Paying good money too mdash to talk to spirits | K |
She thinks she's heard a message from one dead | L |
What did he tell you Is he well and happy | B |
Don't lie to us mdash we all know what he said | L |
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He said the one he murdered once still loves him | M |
He said the wheels in wheels of time are broken | N |
And dust and storm forgotten and all forgiven | N |
But what you asked he wouldn't tell you though mdash | G |
Ha ha there's one thing you will never know | E |
That's what you get for meddling so with heaven | N |
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Where have you been old lady Where are you going | D |
We know we know She's been to gab with spirits | K |
Look at the old fool getting ready to cry | O |
What have you got in an envelope old lady | B |
A lock of hair An eyelash from his eye | O |
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How do you know the medium didn't fool you | P |
Perhaps he had no spirit mdash perhaps he killed it | Q |
Here she comes the old fool's lost her son | N |
What did he have mdash blue eyes and golden hair | R |
We know your secret what's done is done | N |
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Look out you'll fall mdash and fall if you're not careful | S |
Right into an open grave but what's the hurry | B |
You don't think you will find him when you're dead | L |
Cry Cry Look at her mouth all twisted mdash | G |
Look at her eyes all red | L |
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We know you mdash know your name and all about you | P |
All you remember and think and all you scheme for | T |
We tear your secret out we leave you go | E |
Laughingly down the street Die if you want to | P |
Die then if you're in such a hurry to know mdash | G |
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She falls We lift her head The wasted body | B |
Weighs nothing in our hands Does no one know her | H |
Was no one with her when she fell | U |
We eddy about her move away in silence | V |
We hear slow tollings of a bell | U |
Conrad Potter Aiken
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