Soap Suds Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL MNOD| This brand of soap has the same smell as once in the big | A |
| House he visited when he was eight the walls of the bathroom open | B |
| To reveal a lawn where a great yellow ball rolls back through a hoop | C |
| To rest at the head of a mallet held in the hands of a child | D |
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| And these were the joys of that house a tower with a telescope | E |
| Two great faded globes one of the earth one of the stars | F |
| A stuffed black dog in the hall a walled garden with bees | G |
| A rabbit warren a rockery a vine under glass the sea | H |
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| To which he has now returned The day of course is fine | I |
| And a grown up voice cries Play The mallet slowly swings | J |
| Then crack a great gong booms from the dog dark hall and the ball | K |
| Skims forward through the hoop and then through the next and then | L |
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| Through hoops where no hoops were and each dissolves in turn | M |
| And the grass has grown head high and an angry voice cries Play | N |
| But the ball is lost and the mallet slipped long since from the hands | O |
| Under the running tap that are not the hands of a child | D |
Louis Macneice
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