Archaic Bust Of Apollo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCB DEED FFG GHI| After Rilke | A |
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| We cannot know the indescribable face | B |
| Where the eyes like apples ripened Even so | C |
| His torso has a candelabra's glow | C |
| His gaze contained as in a mirror's grace | B |
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| Shines within it Otherwise his breast | D |
| Would not be dazzling Nor would you recognize | E |
| The smile that moves along his curving thighs | E |
| There where love's strength is caught within its nest | D |
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| This stone would not be broken but intact | F |
| Beneath the shoulders' flowing cataract | F |
| Nor would it glisten like a stallion's hide | G |
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| Brimming with radiance from every side | G |
| As a star sparkles Now it is dawn once more | H |
| All places scrutinize you You must be reborn | I |
Delmore Schwartz
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