Sleeping On The Ceiling Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDD AEFGG HHIJJ| It is so peaceful on the ceiling | A |
| It is the Place de la Concorde | B |
| The little crystal chandelier | C |
| is off the fountain is in the dark | D |
| Not a soul is in the park | D |
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| Below where the wallpaper is peeling | A |
| the Jardin des Plantes has locked its gates | E |
| Those photographs are animals | F |
| The mighty flowers and foliage rustle | G |
| under the leaves the insects tunnel | G |
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| We must go under the wallpaper | H |
| to meet the insect gladiator | H |
| to battle with a net and trident | I |
| and leave the fountain and the square | J |
| But oh that we could sleep up there | J |
Elizabeth Bishop
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