Vision Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGH IH DJDKLM LNOHHHHDP H DQEDHHHH RKE GSGHLGHTU| nbsp nbsp I exchange eyes with the Mad Queen | A |
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| nbsp nbsp the mirror crashes against my face | B |
| and bursts into a thousand suns | C |
| nbsp nbsp all over the city flags crackle and bang | D |
| nbsp nbsp fog horns scream in the harbor | E |
| nbsp nbsp the wind hurricanes through the window | F |
| nbsp nbsp and I begin to dance the dance of the | G |
| Kurd Shepherds | H |
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| nbsp nbsp I stamp upon the floor | I |
| nbsp nbsp I whirl like dervishes | H |
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| colors revolve dressing and undressing | D |
| I lash them with my fury | J |
| stark white with iron black | D |
| harsh red with blue | K |
| marble green with bright orange | L |
| and only gold remains naked | M |
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| columns of steel rise and plunge | L |
| emerge and disappear | N |
| pistoning in the river of my soul | O |
| nbsp nbsp thrusting upwards | H |
| nbsp nbsp thrusting downwards | H |
| nbsp nbsp thrusting inwards | H |
| nbsp nbsp thrusting outwards | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp penetrating | D |
| nbsp nbsp I roar with pain | P |
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| black footed ferrets disappear into holes | H |
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| the sun tattooed on my back | D |
| begins to spin | Q |
| nbsp nbsp faster and faster | E |
| nbsp nbsp whirring whirling | D |
| throwing out a glory of sparks | H |
| sparks shoot off into space | H |
| sparks into shooting stars | H |
| shooting stars collide with comets | H |
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| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Explosions br nbsp nbsp Naked Colors Explode | R |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Into | K |
| nbsp nbsp Red Disaster | E |
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| I crash out through the | G |
| window naked widespread | S |
| upon a | G |
| nbsp nbsp Heliosaurus | H |
| I uproot an obelisk and plunge | L |
| it into the ink pot of the | G |
| Black Sea | H |
| I write the word | T |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp SUN | U |
Harry Crosby
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