Reading The Brothers Grimm To Jenny Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEGHIJKI LMNOMPEDE QRSTSUVWX YZA2B2ZYC2D2E2F2D2G2 H2D2 I2| Jenny your mind commands | A |
| kingdoms of black and white | B |
| you shoulder the crow on your left | C |
| the snowbird on your right | B |
| for you the cinders part | D |
| and let the lentils through | E |
| and noise falls into place | F |
| as screech or sweet roo coo | E |
| while in my own real world | G |
| gray foxes and gray wolves | H |
| bargain eye to eye | I |
| and the amazing dove | J |
| takes shelter under the wing | K |
| of the raven to keep dry | I |
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| Knowing that you must climb | L |
| one day the ancient tower | M |
| where disenchantment binds | N |
| the curls of innocence | O |
| that you must live with power | M |
| and honor circumstance | P |
| that choice is what comes true | E |
| oh Jenny pure in heart | D |
| why do I lie to you | E |
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| Why do I read you tales | Q |
| in which birds speak the truth | R |
| and pity cures the blind | S |
| and beauty reaches deep | T |
| to prove a royal mind | S |
| Death is a small mistake | U |
| there where the kiss revives | V |
| Jenny we make just dreams | W |
| out of our unjust lives | X |
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| Still when your truthful eyes | Y |
| your keen attentive stare | Z |
| endow the vacuous slut | A2 |
| with royalty when you match | B2 |
| her soul to her shimmering hair | Z |
| what can she do but rise | Y |
| to your imagined throne | C2 |
| And what can I but see | D2 |
| beyond the world that is | E2 |
| when faithful you insist | F2 |
| I have the golden key | D2 |
| and learn from you once more | G2 |
| the terror and the bliss | H2 |
| the world as it might be | D2 |
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| Submitted by David Shackelford | I2 |
Lisel Mueller
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