Chinamen Jump Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CC DD EE FF GG HH II JJAt night Chinamen jump | A |
on Asia with a thump | A |
while in our willful way | B |
we in secret play | B |
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affectionate games and bruise | C |
our knees like China's shoes | C |
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The birds push apples through | D |
grass the moon turns blue | D |
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these apples roll beneath | E |
our buttocks like a heath | E |
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full of Chinese thrushes | F |
flushed from China's bushes | F |
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As we love at night | G |
birds sing out of sight | G |
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Chinese rhythms beat | H |
through us in our heat | H |
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the apples and the birds | I |
move us like soft words | I |
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we couple in the grace | J |
of that mysterious race | J |
Frank O'hara
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