Narcissus, Photographer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL MNNO GPQN NNRS RTUN| a frozen memory like any photo | A |
| where nothing is missing not even | B |
| and especially nothingness | C |
| Julio Cort zar Blow Up | D |
| - | |
| Mirror mad | E |
| he photographed reflections | F |
| sunstorms in puddles | G |
| cities in canals | H |
| - | |
| double portraits framed | I |
| in sunglasses | J |
| the fat phantoms who dance | K |
| on the flanks of cars | L |
| - | |
| Nothing caught his eye | M |
| unless it bent | N |
| or glistered | N |
| over something else | O |
| - | |
| He trapped clouds in bottles | G |
| the way kids | P |
| trap grasshoppers | Q |
| Then one misty day | N |
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| he was stopped | N |
| by the windshield | N |
| Behind him | R |
| an avenue of trees | S |
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| before him | R |
| the mirror of that scene | T |
| He seemed to enter | U |
| what in fact he left | N |
Erica Jong
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