The Merry Window Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBBE FAG HIBI BJKLM| The alabaster legs of the lonely woman | A |
| hang from the window like white ensigns | B |
| out of the laughing window like false teeth | C |
| sheets flagstaffs telescopes rolls of music | D |
| or you would say beheaded necks of swans | B |
| or the electric horns of factories | B |
| where foreign dreams are nightly fabricated | E |
| - | |
| Yearning for her coal once heaved in the seam | F |
| for her the sewers shrieked their way through London | A |
| and pigeons ate each other in the air | G |
| - | |
| But the deserted lady is frozen to the marrow | H |
| her heart has floated into her left leg | I |
| and her forked tongue asks in three languages | B |
| for a bassoon a pyramid and an egg | I |
| - | |
| All the white birds have flown out of her lips | B |
| the Polar Bear has eaten her left breast | J |
| her eyes are covered with yellow webs of dust | K |
| in fact she is what a Saint would call abandoned | L |
| since even her own self has forgotten her | M |
Francis Scarfe
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About The Merry Window
The Merry Window is a poem by Francis Scarfe. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about The Merry Window poem by Francis Scarfe
Best Poems of Francis Scarfe