The Bed Of The World Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDECFGH IJFKLLMNOP QRRLFSTU LLFTV WUECE| The great bed of the world | A |
| arching over graves | B |
| over Babi Yar | C |
| with its multitude of bones | D |
| with battalions of screams | E |
| frozen in a concrete glacier | C |
| with pillows of earth | F |
| and comforters of green grass | G |
| covering all that dead flesh | H |
| - | |
| Dead flesh shall live again | I |
| a dream in god's endless night | J |
| rise green out of the earth | F |
| as grass as trees as tomato stalks | K |
| bearing a bright red fruit | L |
| and the feuds of man and womankind | L |
| shall be fed again from the same seeds | M |
| the tomato the mythic pomegranate the biblical apple | N |
| all rising from the grass that springs | O |
| out of the screams of stopped mouths | P |
| - | |
| Sometimes I dream | Q |
| that my bed is built over a ravine | R |
| the ravine of Babi Yar any ravine | R |
| where thousands died | L |
| and I moan in pleasure to propitiate the earth | F |
| to make fruit ripen | S |
| and trees wave green leaves like banners | T |
| all because love can touch me still | U |
| - | |
| It is never enough to create | L |
| The beast must feed its meat teeth too | L |
| Out of the screaming mouth of earth | F |
| we feed the grass that covers | T |
| all our beds | V |
| - | |
| I wish I did not know all that I know | W |
| Galaxies spin grass grows and people kill | U |
| We are the only race to murder for our dreams | E |
| and not for hunger | C |
| hungering for dreams | E |
Erica Jong
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