The End Of The World Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFG AGHIJKL AMMNMN KOPQRS ATLUV| Here at the end of the world | A |
| the flowers bleed | B |
| as if they were hearts | C |
| the hearts ooze a darkness | D |
| like india ink | E |
| poets dip their pens in | F |
| they write | G |
| - | |
| Here at the end of the world | A |
| they write | G |
| not knowing what it means | H |
| Here where the sky nurses on black milk | I |
| where the smokestack feed the sky | J |
| where the trees tremble in terror | K |
| people come to resemble them | L |
| - | |
| Here at the end of the world | A |
| the poets are bleeding | M |
| Writing bleeding | M |
| are thought to be the same | N |
| singing bleeding | M |
| are thought to be the same | N |
| - | |
| Write us a letter | K |
| Send us a parcel of food | O |
| Comfort us with proverbs or candied fruit | P |
| with talk of one God | Q |
| Distract us with theories of art | R |
| no one can prove | S |
| - | |
| Here at the end of the world | A |
| our heads are empty | T |
| the wind walks through them | L |
| like ghosts | U |
| through a haunted house | V |
Erica Jong
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