The Next Poem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNON PQRQ BSTS ABUBHow much better it seems now | A |
than when it is finally done | B |
the unforgettable first line | C |
the cunning way the stanzas run | B |
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The rhymes soft spoken and suggestive | D |
are barely audible at first | E |
an appetite not yet acknowledged | F |
like the inkling of a thirst | E |
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While gradually the form appears | G |
as each line is coaxed aloud | H |
the architecture of a room | I |
seen from the middle of a crowd | H |
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The music that of common speech | J |
but slanted so that each detail | K |
sounds unexpected as a sharp | L |
inserted in a simple scale | K |
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No jumble box of imagery | M |
dumped glumly in the reader's lap | N |
or elegantly packaged junk | O |
the unsuspecting must unwrap | N |
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But words that could direct a friend | P |
precisely to an unknown place | Q |
those few unshakeable details | R |
that no confusion can erase | Q |
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And the real subject left unspoken | B |
but unmistakable to those | S |
who don't expect a jungle parrot | T |
in the black and white of prose | S |
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How much better it seems now | A |
than when it is finally written | B |
How hungrily one waits to feel | U |
the bright lure seized the old hook bitten | B |
Dana Gioia
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