Occasional Poems Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCBBDBEBB F GHGGH I ICCJKLMNOPQ| I Christmas Poem for Nancy | A |
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| Noel Noel | B |
| We live and we die | C |
| Between heaven and hell | B |
| Between the earth and the sky | C |
| And all shall be well | B |
| And all shall be unwell | B |
| And once again all shall once again | D |
| All shall be well | B |
| By the ringing and the swinging | E |
| of the great beautiful holiday bell | B |
| Of Noel Noel | B |
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| II Salute Valentine | F |
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| I'll drink to thee only with my eyes | G |
| When two are three and four | H |
| And guzzle reality's rise and cries | G |
| And praise the truth beyond surmise | G |
| When small shots shout More More More More | H |
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| III Rabbi to Preach | I |
| - | |
| Rabbi Robert Raaba will preach | I |
| on An Eye for an Eye | C |
| an I for an I | C |
| Two weeks from this week On the Sacred Would | J |
| At Temple Sholem on Lake Shore Drive | K |
| Pavel Slavensky will chant the liturgical responses | L |
| And William Leon having now thirteen years | M |
| will thank his parents that he exists | N |
| To celebrate his birthday of manhood his chocolate | O |
| Bar Mitzvah his yum yum kippered herring his Russian | P |
| Corona | Q |
Delmore Schwartz
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