Listen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHFIJKLMABNOPQ ROSTQUDVACWXAYKTZA2X B2DC2| listen | A |
| beloved | B |
| i dreamed | C |
| it appeared that you thought to | D |
| escape me and became a great | E |
| lily atilt on | F |
| insolent | G |
| waters but i was aware of | H |
| fragrance and i came riding upon | F |
| a horse of porphyry into the | I |
| waters i rode down the red | J |
| horse shrieking from splintering | K |
| foam caught you clutched you upon my | L |
| mouth | M |
| listen | A |
| beloved | B |
| i dreamed in my dream you had | N |
| desire to thwart me and became | O |
| a little bird and hid | P |
| in a tree of tall marble | Q |
| from a great way i distinguished | R |
| singing and i came | O |
| riding upon a scarlet sunset | S |
| trampling the night easily | T |
| from the shocked impossible | Q |
| tower i caught | U |
| you strained you | D |
| broke you upon my blood | V |
| listen | A |
| beloved i dreamed | C |
| i thought you would have deceived | W |
| me and became a star in the kingdom | X |
| of heaven | A |
| through day and space i saw you close | Y |
| your eyes and i came riding | K |
| upon a thousand crimson years arched with agony | T |
| i reined them in tottering before | Z |
| the throne and as | A2 |
| they shied at the automaton moon from | X |
| the transplendant hand of sombre god | B2 |
| i picked you | D |
| as an apple is picked by the little peasants for their girls | C2 |
E. E. Cummings
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