Adonis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEEEFGHEI BCJDKLM EENOEPHEIQEN BCBBE| A | |
| - | |
| Each of us like you | B |
| has died once | C |
| has passed through drift of wood leaves | D |
| cracked and bent | E |
| and tortured and unbent | E |
| in the winter frost | E |
| the burnt into gold points | F |
| lighted afresh | G |
| crisp amber scales of gold leaf | H |
| gold turned and re welded | E |
| in the sun | I |
| - | |
| each of us like you | B |
| has died once | C |
| each of us has crossed an old wood path | J |
| and found the winter leaves | D |
| so golden in the sun fire | K |
| that even the live wood flowers | L |
| were dark | M |
| - | |
| - | |
| - | |
| Not the gold on the temple front | E |
| where you stand | E |
| is as gold as this | N |
| not the gold that fastens your sandals | O |
| nor thee gold reft | E |
| through your chiselled locks | P |
| is as gold as this last year's leaf | H |
| not all the gold hammered and wrought | E |
| and beaten | I |
| on your lover's face | Q |
| brow and bare breast | E |
| is as golden as this | N |
| - | |
| each of us like you | B |
| has died once | C |
| each of us like you | B |
| stands apart like you | B |
| fit to be worshipped | E |
Hilda Doolittle
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