The Domestic Stones (fragment) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE F GHIJAHK L MMMNOPP A QQQ R| Translated from the French by David Gascoyne | A |
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| The feet of morning the feet of noon and the feet of evening | B |
| walk ceaselessly round pickled buttocks | C |
| on the other hand the feet of midnight remain motionless | D |
| in their echo woven baskets | E |
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| consequently the lion is a diamond | F |
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| on the sofas made of bread | G |
| are seated the dressed and the undressed | H |
| the undressed hold leaden swallows between their toes | I |
| the dressed hold leaden nests between their fingers | J |
| at all hours the undressed get dressed again | A |
| and the dressed get undressed | H |
| and exchange the leaden swallows for the leaden nests | K |
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| consequently the tail is an umbrella | L |
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| a mouth opens within another mouth | M |
| and within this mouth another mouth | M |
| and within this mouth another mouth | M |
| and so on without end | N |
| it is a sad perspective | O |
| which adds an I don't know what | P |
| to another I don't know what | P |
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| consequently the grasshopper is a column | A |
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| the pianos with heads and tails | Q |
| place pianos with heads and tails | Q |
| on their heads and their tails | Q |
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| consequently the tongue is a chair | R |
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