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 CQ2i | 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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iv | - |
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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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