Seven Strophes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCA DEFG HIJK LMML NBON PQRP PPPP| I was but what you'd brush | A |
| with your palm what your leaning | B |
| brow would hunch to in evening's | C |
| raven black hush | A |
| - | |
| I was but what your gaze | D |
| in that dark could distinguish | E |
| a dim shape to begin with | F |
| later features a face | G |
| - | |
| It was you on my right | H |
| on my left with your heated | I |
| sighs who molded my helix | J |
| whispering at my side | K |
| - | |
| It was you by that black | L |
| window's trembling tulle pattern | M |
| who laid in my raw cavern | M |
| a voice calling you back | L |
| - | |
| I was practically blind | N |
| You appearing then hiding | B |
| gave me my sight and heightened | O |
| it Thus some leave behind | N |
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| a trace Thus they make worlds | P |
| Thus having done so at random | Q |
| wastefully they abandon | R |
| their work to its whirls | P |
| - | |
| Thus prey to speeds | P |
| of light heat cold or darkness | P |
| a sphere in space without markers | P |
| spins and spins | P |
Joseph Brodsky
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