The Faithless Wife Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPAQA RSTUVWAXYZAA2JB2AC2D 2E2TF2 G2JH2G2I2ART J2JK2BL2CBA| So I took her to the river | A |
| believing she was a maiden | B |
| but she already had a husband | C |
| It was on St James night | D |
| and almost as if I was obliged to | E |
| The lanterns went out | F |
| and the crickets lighted up | G |
| In the farthest street corners | H |
| I touched her sleeping breasts | I |
| and they opened to me suddenly | J |
| like spikes of hyacinth | K |
| The starch of her petticoat | L |
| sounded in my ears | M |
| like a piece of silk | N |
| rent by ten knives | O |
| Without silver light on their foliage | P |
| the trees had grown larger | A |
| and a horizon of dogs | Q |
| barked very far from the river | A |
| - | |
| Past the blackberries | R |
| the reeds and the hawthorne | S |
| underneath her cluster of hair | T |
| I made a hollow in the earth | U |
| I took off my tie | V |
| she too off her dress | W |
| I my belt with the revolver | A |
| She her four bodices | X |
| Nor nard nor mother o pearl | Y |
| have skin so fine | Z |
| nor does glass with silver | A |
| shine with such brilliance | A2 |
| Her thighs slipped away from me | J |
| like startled fish | B2 |
| half full of fire | A |
| half full of cold | C2 |
| That night I ran | D2 |
| on the best of roads | E2 |
| mounted on a nacre mare | T |
| without bridle stirrups | F2 |
| - | |
| As a man I won t repeat | G2 |
| the things she said to me | J |
| The light of understanding | H2 |
| has made me more discreet | G2 |
| Smeared with sand and kisses | I2 |
| I took her away from the river | A |
| The swords of the lilies | R |
| battled with the air | T |
| - | |
| I behaved like what I am | J2 |
| like a proper gypsy | J |
| I gave her a large sewing basket | K2 |
| of straw colored satin | B |
| but I did not fall in love | L2 |
| for although she had a husband | C |
| she told me she was a maiden | B |
| when I took her to the river | A |
Federico Garca-a Lorca
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