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 BHUVU| The 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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