Love Lies Sleeping Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFG HIEJ KLMN OGPQ RAST UVWS XYZA2 B2C2D2E2 F2HG2H2 I2DJ2K2 L2UM2N2 JO2JP2 E2Q2R2S2 HT2KW| from cinder star to star | A |
| coupling the ends of streets | B |
| to trains of light | C |
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| now draw us into daylight in our beds | D |
| and clear away what presses on the brain | E |
| put out the neon shapes | F |
| that float and swell and glare | G |
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| down the gray avenue between the eyes | H |
| in pinks and yellows letters and twitching signs | I |
| Hang over moons wane wane | E |
| From the window I see | J |
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| an immense city carefully revealed | K |
| made delicate by over workmanship | L |
| detail upon detail | M |
| cornice upon facade | N |
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| reaching up so languidly up into | O |
| a weak white sky it seems to waver there | G |
| Where it has slowly grown | P |
| in skies of water glass | Q |
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| from fused beads of iron and copper crystals | R |
| the little chemical garden in a jar | A |
| trembles and stands again | S |
| pale blue blue green and brick | T |
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| The sparrows hurriedly begin their play | U |
| Then in the West Boom and a cloud of smoke | V |
| Boom and the exploding ball | W |
| of blossom blooms again | S |
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| And all the employees who work in a plants | X |
| where such a sound says Danger or once said Death | Y |
| turn in their sleep and feel | Z |
| the short hairs bristling | A2 |
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| on backs of necks The cloud of smoke moves off | B2 |
| A shirt is taken of a threadlike clothes line | C2 |
| Along the street below | D2 |
| the water wagon comes | E2 |
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| throwing its hissing snowy fan across | F2 |
| peelings and newspapers The water dries | H |
| light dry dark wet the pattern | G2 |
| of the cool watermelon | H2 |
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| I hear the day springs of the morning strike | I2 |
| from stony walls and halls and iron beds | D |
| scattered or grouped cascades | J2 |
| alarms for the expected | K2 |
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| queer cupids of all persons getting up | L2 |
| whose evening meal they will prepare all day | U |
| you will dine well | M2 |
| on his heart on his and his | N2 |
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| so send them about your business affectionately | J |
| dragging in the streets their unique loves | O2 |
| Scourge them with roses only | J |
| be light as helium | P2 |
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| for always to one or several morning comes | E2 |
| whose head has fallen over the edge of his bed | Q2 |
| whose face is turned | R2 |
| so that the image of | S2 |
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| the city grows down into his open eyes | H |
| inverted and distorted No I mean | T2 |
| distorted and revealed | K |
| if he sees it at all | W |
Elizabeth Bishop
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