The Piano Tuner-s Wife Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGH IJKLMDNO PQRSQ| That note comes clear like water running clear | A |
| Then the next higher note and up and up | B |
| And more and more with now and then a chord | C |
| The highest notes like tapping a tile with a hammer | D |
| Now and again an arpeggio a theme | E |
| As if the keyboard spoke to the one key | F |
| Saying No interval is exactly true | G |
| And the note whines slightly and then truly sings | H |
| - | |
| She sits on the sofa reading a book she has brought | I |
| A ray of sunlight on her white hair | J |
| She is here because he is blind She drives | K |
| It is almost a platitude to say | L |
| That she leads him from piano to piano | M |
| And this continues for about an hour | D |
| Building bridges from both sides of the void | N |
| Coasting the chasms of the harmonies | O |
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| And in conclusion | P |
| When there is no more audible dissent | Q |
| He plays his comprehensive keyboard song | R |
| The loud proud paradigm | S |
| The one work of art without content | Q |
Karl Shapiro
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