In The Naked Bed, In Plato's Cave Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNFO PQRSTUBVKCWEXY| In the naked bed in Plato's cave | A |
| Reflected headlights slowly slid the wall | B |
| Carpenters hammered under the shaded window | C |
| Wind troubled the window curtains all night long | D |
| A fleet of trucks strained uphill grinding | E |
| Their freights covered as usual | F |
| The ceiling lightened again the slanting diagram | G |
| Slid slowly forth | H |
| Hearing the milkman's clop | I |
| his striving up the stair the bottle's chink | J |
| I rose from bed lit a cigarette | K |
| And walked to the window The stony street | L |
| Displayed the stillness in which buildings stand | M |
| The street lamp's vigil and the horse's patience | N |
| The winter sky's pure capital | F |
| Turned me back to bed with exhausted eyes | O |
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| Strangeness grew in the motionless air The loose | P |
| Film grayed Shaking wagons hooves' waterfalls | Q |
| Sounded far off increasing louder and nearer | R |
| A car coughed starting Morning softly | S |
| Melting the air lifted the half covered chair | T |
| From underseas kindled the looking glass | U |
| Distinguished the dresser and the white wall | B |
| The bird called tentatively whistled called | V |
| Bubbled and whistled so Perplexed still wet | K |
| With sleep affectionate hungry and cold So so | C |
| O son of man the ignorant night the travail | W |
| Of early morning the mystery of the beginning | E |
| Again and again | X |
| while history is unforgiven | Y |
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