Insomnia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDA EFAFGF EHIHII| The moon in the bureau mirror | A |
| looks out a million miles | B |
| and perhaps with pride at herself | C |
| but she never never smiles | B |
| far and away beyond sleep or | D |
| perhaps she's a daytime sleeper | A |
| - | |
| By the Universe deserted | E |
| she'd tell it to go to hell | F |
| and she'd find a body of water | A |
| or a mirror on which to dwell | F |
| So wrap up care in a cobweb | G |
| and drop it down the well | F |
| - | |
| into that world inverted | E |
| where left is always right | H |
| where the shadows are really the body | I |
| where we stay awake all night | H |
| where the heavens are shallow as the sea | I |
| is now deep and you love me | I |
Elizabeth Bishop
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