Ode In Honour Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDC EFGHHHHHHH IIJKLMHNO PHHHH| Evening is part of the jig saw truth of her | A |
| ply wood ply flesh her insolent reply | B |
| blinding the ace with a straight shot to centre | A |
| the woman's a delicate devil in twenty places | C |
| blander and blonder tinder tenderly | D |
| setting the smiles on fire in men's faces | C |
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| On any evening gets you ready for dark | E |
| swathes and saves you for the magic carpet | F |
| spirits you anywhere anytime anyhow | G |
| over the bridges the tunnels the hills the foothills | H |
| the pools lakes oceans cataracts crystal floes | H |
| the mountains and fountains the antique windows of space | H |
| the deserts orchards vineyards milky ways | H |
| over pontoons and the silting tracks of moons | H |
| over the decks and the docks where the clocks | H |
| chime anywhere anytime anyhow any fresh place | H |
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| Anywhere where winds blow and babies grow | I |
| where poor men wait for money in a row | I |
| where magnates buy and sell your heaven and hell | J |
| anyhow whether the storm runs over the roof | K |
| or hollow tooth aches or gangrene takes the soul | L |
| anytime when the sun splutters and throws shrapnel | M |
| between the legs of dead men and mad lovers | H |
| she will be there to hold you by the cuff | N |
| to give you all her stock of luck or love | O |
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| With | P |
| two round lips and two round eyes | H |
| and two round ears and two round palms | H |
| and two round arms and two round thighs | H |
| any child any girl any woman any surprise | H |
Francis Scarfe
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