Pleasures Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PQRS TBU VW| I like to find | A |
| what's not found | B |
| at once but lies | C |
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| within something of another nature | D |
| in repose distinct | E |
| Gull feathers of glass hidden | F |
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| in white pulp the bones of squid | G |
| which I pull out and lay | H |
| blade by blade on the draining board | I |
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| tapered as if for swiftness to pierce | J |
| the heart but fragile substance | K |
| belying design Or a fruit mamey | L |
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| cased in rough brown peel the flesh | M |
| rose amber and the seed | N |
| the seed a stone of wood carved and | O |
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| polished walnut colored formed | P |
| like a brazilnut but large | Q |
| large enough to fill | R |
| the hungry palm of a hand | S |
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| I like the juicy stem of grass that grows | T |
| within the coarser leaf folded round | B |
| and the butteryellow glow | U |
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| in the narrow flute from which the morning glory | V |
| opens blue and cool on a hot morning | W |
Denise Levertov
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