Phanopoeia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDEFCGH AFIFCA JF FKJ AFFFFL MNFMO| I | A |
| ROSE WHITE YELLOW SILVER | B |
| - | |
| The swirl of light follows me through the square | C |
| The smoke of incense | D |
| Mounts from the four horns of my bed posts | E |
| The water jet of gold light bears us up through the ceilings | F |
| Lapped in the gold coloured flame I descend through the ther | C |
| The silver ball forms in my hand | G |
| It falls and rolls to your feet | H |
| - | |
| II | A |
| SALTUS | F |
| The swirling sphere has opened | I |
| and you are caught up to the skies | F |
| You are englobed in my sapphire | C |
| Io Io | A |
| - | |
| You have perceived the blades of the flame | J |
| The flutter of sharp edged sandals | F |
| - | |
| The folding and lapping brightness | F |
| Has held in the air before you | K |
| You have perceived the leaves of the flame | J |
| - | |
| III | A |
| CONCAVA VALLIS | F |
| The wire like bands of colour involute mount from my fingers | F |
| I have wrapped the wind round your shoulders | F |
| And the molten metal of your shoulders | F |
| bends into the turn of the wind | L |
| - | |
| AOI | M |
| The whirling tissue of light | N |
| is woven and grows solid beneath us | F |
| The sea clear sapphire of air the sea dark clarity | M |
| stretches both sea cliff and ocean | O |
Ezra Pound
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about Phanopoeia poem by Ezra Pound
Best Poems of Ezra Pound