On A Theme By Thomas Merton Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF FBGHIJ KBJLMN| Adam where are you | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp God's hands | B |
| palpate darkness the void | C |
| that is Adam's inattention | D |
| his confused attention to everything | E |
| impassioned by multiplicity his despair | F |
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| Multiplicity his despair | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp God's hands | B |
| enacting blindness Like a child | G |
| at a barbaric fairgrounds | H |
| noise lights the violent odors | I |
| Adam fragments himself The whirling rides | J |
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| Fragmented Adam stares | K |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp God's hands | B |
| unseen the whirling rides | J |
| dazzle the lights blind him Fragmented | L |
| he is not present to himself God | M |
| suffers the void that is his absence | N |
Denise Levertov
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