Matins Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDEFGHIBJ A KLFMKANBFOPG A FFFOQRCST UCVWFXYGGEZI A2PL B2DFC2Q LD2E2F2C B2G2F H2 I2 UJ2 FK2PE2G L2 C FM2LN2F FO2CEP2U CF WF CQ2| i | A |
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| The authentic Shadows of it | B |
| sweep past in dreams one could say imprecisely | C |
| evoking the almost silent | D |
| ripping apart of giant | D |
| sheets of cellophane No | E |
| It thrusts up close Exactly in dreams | F |
| it has you off guard you | G |
| recognize it before you have time | H |
| For a second before waking | I |
| the alarm bell is a red conical hat it | B |
| takes form | J |
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| ii | A |
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| The authentic I said | K |
| rising from the toilet seat | L |
| The radiator in rhythmic knockings | F |
| spoke of the rising steam | M |
| The authentic I said | K |
| breaking the handle of my hairbrush as I | A |
| brushed my hair in | N |
| rhythmic strokes That s it | B |
| that s joy it s always | F |
| a recognition the known | O |
| appearing fully itself and | P |
| more itself than one knew | G |
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| iii | A |
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| The new day rises | F |
| as heat rises | F |
| knocking in the pipes | F |
| with rhythms it seizes for its own | O |
| to speak of its invention | Q |
| the real the new laid | R |
| egg whose speckled shell | C |
| the poet fondles and must break | S |
| if he will be nourished | T |
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| A shadow painted where | U |
| yes a shadow must fall | C |
| The cow s breath | V |
| not forgotten in the mist in the | W |
| words Yes | F |
| verisimilitude draws up | X |
| heat in us zest | Y |
| to follow through | G |
| follow through | G |
| follow | E |
| transformations of day | Z |
| in its turning in its becoming | I |
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| v | - |
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| Stir the holy grains set | A2 |
| the bowls on the table and | P |
| call the child to eat | L |
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| While we eat we think | B2 |
| as we think an undercurrent | D |
| of dream runs through us | F |
| faster than thought | C2 |
| towards recognition | Q |
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| Call the child to eat | L |
| send him off his mouth | D2 |
| tasting of toothpaste to go down | E2 |
| into the ground into a roaring train | F2 |
| and to school | C |
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| His cheeks are pink | B2 |
| his black eyes hold his dreams he has left | G2 |
| forgetting his glasses | F |
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| Follow down the stairs at a clatter | H2 |
| to give them to him and save | - |
| his clear sight | I2 |
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| Cold air | U |
| comes in at the street door | J2 |
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| The authentic It rolls | F |
| just out of reach beyond | K2 |
| running feet and | P |
| stretching fingers down | E2 |
| the green slope and into | G |
| the black waves of the sea | - |
| Speak to me little horse beloved | L2 |
| tell me | - |
| how to follow the iron ball | C |
| how to follow through to the country | - |
| beneath the waves | F |
| to the place where I must kill you and you step out | M2 |
| of your bones and flystrewn meat | L |
| tall smiling renewed | N2 |
| formed in your own likeness | F |
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| vii | - |
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| Marvelous Truth confront us | F |
| at every turn | O2 |
| in every guise iron ball | C |
| egg dark horse shadow | E |
| cloud | P2 |
| of breath on the air | U |
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| dwell | C |
| in our crowded hearts | F |
| our steaming bathrooms kitchens full of | - |
| things to be done the | W |
| ordinary streets | F |
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| Thrust close your smile | C |
| that we know you terrible joy | Q2 |
Denise Levertov
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