People At Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDBEFGHII IBJKLMI KINOPQRBSPT| A night that cuts between you and you | A |
| and you and you and you | A |
| and me jostles us apart a man elbowing | B |
| through a crowd nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp We won't | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp look for each other either | D |
| wander off each alone not looking | B |
| in the slow crowd Among sideshows | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp under movie signs | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp pictures made of a million lights | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp giants that move and again move | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp again above a cloud of thick smells | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp franks roasted nutmeats | I |
| - | |
| Or going up to some apartment yours | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp or yours finding | B |
| someone sitting in the dark | J |
| who is it really So you switch the | K |
| light on to see you know the name but | L |
| who is it | M |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp But you won't see | I |
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| The fluorescent light flickers sullenly a | K |
| pause But you command It grabs | I |
| each face and holds it up | N |
| by the hair for you mask after mask | O |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp You nbsp nbsp nbsp and nbsp nbsp nbsp you and I nbsp nbsp nbsp repeat | P |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp gestures that make do when speech | Q |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp has failed nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp and talk | R |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp and talk laughing saying | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 'I' and 'I' | S |
| meaning 'Anybody' | P |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp No one | T |
Denise Levertov
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