May 24, 1980 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEEEEDFDFGEGEDEDE| I have braved for want of wild beasts steel cages | A |
| carved my term and nickname on bunks and rafters | B |
| lived by the sea flashed aces in an oasis | C |
| dined with the devil knows whom in tails on truffles | D |
| From the height of a glacier I beheld half a world the earthly | E |
| width Twice have drowned thrice let knives rake my nitty gritty | E |
| Quit the country the bore and nursed me | E |
| Those who forgot me would make a city | E |
| I have waded the steppes that saw yelling Huns in saddles | D |
| worn the clothes nowadays back in fashion in every quarter | F |
| planted rye tarred the roofs of pigsties and stables | D |
| guzzled everything save dry water | F |
| I've admitted the sentries' third eye into my wet and foul | G |
| dreams Munched the bread of exile it's stale and warty | E |
| Granted my lungs all sounds except the howl | G |
| switched to a whisper Now I am forty | E |
| What should I say about my life That it's long and abhors transparence | D |
| Broken eggs make me grieve the omelet though makes me vomit | E |
| Yet until brown clay has been rammed down my larynx | D |
| only gratitude will be gushing from it | E |
Joseph Brodsky
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