Philology Recapitulates Ontology, Poetry Is Ontology Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC CD EF GH I J K LM NOP| Faithful to your commandments o consciousness o | A |
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| Holy bird of words soaring ever whether to nothingness or | B |
| to inconceivable fulfillment slowly | C |
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| And still I follow you awkward as that dandy of ontology | C |
| and as awkward as his albatross and as | D |
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| another dandy of ontology before him another shepherd | E |
| and watchdog of being the one who | F |
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| Talked forever of forever as if forever of having been | G |
| and being an ancient mariner | H |
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| Hesitant forever as if forever were the albatross | I |
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| Hung round his neck by the seven seas of the seven muses | J |
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| and with as little conclusion since being never concludes | K |
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| Studying the sibilance and the splashing of the seas and of | L |
| seeing and of being's infinite seas | M |
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| Staring at the ever blue and the far small stars and | N |
| the faint white endless curtain of the | O |
| twinkling play's endless seasons | P |
Delmore Schwartz
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