Listen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHFIJKLMABNOPQ ROSTQUDVACWXAYKTZA2X B2DC2listen | 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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