To Pablo Neruda Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFGHI HJCK LHMJMNOP QRSTH USQVW XYZA2R CB2TC2 D2TLE2 F2E2F2E2 F2F2F2CF2F2F2G2 H2I2F2F2DJ2F2K2 E2G2E2L2 HF2F2F2F2F2

Again againA
I have read your booksB
without ever wishing to know youC
-
I suck the alphabet of bloodD
I chew the iron filings of your wordsE
I kiss your images like moist mouthsF
while the black seeds of your syllablesG
fly fly flyH
into my lungsI
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Untranslated untranslatableH
you are rooted inside meJ
not you but the youC
of your poemsK
-
the man of his wordL
the lover who digs into the alien soilH
of one North American womanM
plants a babyJ
love child of WhitmanM
crossed with the Spanish languageN
embryo sapling half breedO
of my tongueP
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I saw you onceQ
your fleshR
at ColumbiaS
My alma materT
you the visiting soulH
-
Buddha likeU
you sat before a BuddhaS
the audienceQ
craned its neckV
to take you inW
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Freak showX
visiting poetY
You sat clothedZ
in your thickA2
imperious fleshR
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I wanted to comfort youC
not to stareB2
Our words knew each otherT
That was enoughC2
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Now you are deadD2
of fascism cancerT
your books scatteredL
the oil cruet on the floorE2
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The sea surges through your houseF2
at Isla NegraE2
the jackbootsF2
walk on waterE2
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Poet of cats grapefruitsF2
of elephant saintsF2
poet of broken dishesF2
Machu PicchuC
poet of panthersF2
pantheressesF2
poet of lemonsF2
poet of lemony lightG2
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The flies swarmH2
thicker than print on a pageI2
poetry blackensF2
like overripe bananasF2
The fascists you hatedD
the communists you lovedJ2
obscure the light the lemonsF2
with their buzzingK2
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We were togetherE2
on the side of lightG2
We walked togetherE2
though we never metL2
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The eyes are not politicalH
nor the tastebudsF2
the flesh tastes salty alwaysF2
like the seaF2
the seaF2
turns back the fliesF2

Erica Jong



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