Orpheus In The Underworld Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGHIJK LMNOPQDRS ETUC| Curtains of rock | A |
| And tears of stone | B |
| Wet leaves in a high crevice of the sky | C |
| From side to side the draperies | D |
| Drawn back by rigid hands | E |
| - | |
| And he came carrying the shattered lyre | F |
| And wearing the blue robes of a king | G |
| And looking through eyes like holes torn in a screen | H |
| And the distant sea was faintly heard | I |
| From time to time in the suddenly rising wind | J |
| Like a broken song | K |
| - | |
| Out of his sleep from time to time | L |
| From between half open lips | M |
| Escaped the bewildered words which try to tell | N |
| The tale of his bright night | O |
| And his wing shadowed day | P |
| The soaring flights of thought beneath the sun | Q |
| Above the islands of the seas | D |
| And all the deserts all the pastures all the plains | R |
| Of the distracting foreign land | S |
| - | |
| He sleeps with the broken lyre between his hands | E |
| And round his slumber are drawn back | T |
| The rigid draperies the tears and wet leaves | U |
| Cold curtains of rock concealing the bottomless sky | C |
David Gascoyne
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