Jocelyn Emerson

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Palinode Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AB CD C EF GH IJ GC GG D GK LM GN GO P

Strange gods occupied no space in that chaotic inflation of darkA
and lightB
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or in the exponential expansion of a singular disturbance projectingC
dark matter windD
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and the seas cooled to within a fraction of waitingC
-
let the dry land appearE
let it divide the waters from the watersF
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Here a sudden June rain disturbs the weakly interacting leavesG
of the hickory of the birchH
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And above me they begin their damp and leathery imprinting againI
on the skyJ
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on the tarnished outridings inscribed in a mass of starlingsG
giving wingC
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No feeling of gravity just these starlings veering in swift updraftsG
within this hueless radiusG
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other winds may ease their kindD
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Now giving degree and weight to future vacancies and holding discourseG
with nothing but airK
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they are such light signatures of sources they do not assumeL
I close my eyes to hear the wind's agitationM
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the many implements and the many segments and particulatesG
these birds stirN
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the limbs boughs other words here without lack or abundanceG
and watered the whole of the groundO
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in an indeterminate curvature nearly impossible to followP

Jocelyn Emerson



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