The Old Lizard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFDGHGIJKL MFNBOPAGQKR SRTUVWUU RXUUUYZU DBULUUA2B2RUFPUUC2D2 E2UULF2AUG2UPG UUMB YH2I2A2UU

In the parched pathA
I have seen the good lizardB
one dropp of crocodileC
meditatingD
With his green frock coatE
of an abbot of the devilF
his correct bearingD
and his stiff collarG
he has the sad airH
of an old professorG
Those faded eyesI
of a broken artistJ
how they watch the afternoonK
in dismayL
-
Is this my friendM
your twilight constitutionalF
Please use your caneN
you are very old Mr LizardB
and the children of the villageO
may startle youP
What are you seeking in the pathA
my near sighted philosopherG
if the wavering phantasmQ
of the parched afternoonK
has broken the horizonR
-
Are you seeking the blue almsS
of the moribund heavenR
A penny of a starT
Or perhapsU
you've been reading a volumeV
of Lamartine and you relishW
the plateresque trillsU
of the birdsU
-
You watch the setting sunR
and your eyes shineX
oh dragon of the frogsU
with a human radianceU
Ideas gondolas without oarsU
cross the shadowyY
waters of yourZ
burnt out eyesU
-
Have you come lookingD
for that lovely lady lizardB
green as the wheatfieldsU
of MayL
as the long locksU
of sleeping poolsU
who scorned you and thenA2
left you in your fieldB2
Oh sweet idyll brokenR
among the sweet sedgesU
But live What the devilF
I like youP
The motto 'I opposeU
the serpent' triumphsU
in that grand double chinC2
of a Christian archbishopD2
-
Now the sun has dissolvedE2
in the cup of the mountainsU
and the flocksU
cloud the roadwayL
It is the hour to departF2
leave the dry pathA
and your meditationsU
You will have timeG2
to look at the starsU
when the worms are eating youP
at their leisureG
-
-
Go home to your houseU
by the village of the cricketsU
Good night my friendM
Mr LizardB
-
Now the field is emptyY
the mountains dimH2
the roadway desertedI2
Only now and againA2
a cuckoo sings in the darknessU
of the poplar treesU

Federico Garca-a Lorca



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