Odysseus' Decision Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDECFGHIJKLM| The great man turns his back on the island | A |
| Now he will not die in paradise | B |
| nor hear again | C |
| the lutes of paradise among the olive trees | D |
| by the clear pools under the cypresses Time | E |
| begins now in which he hears again | C |
| that pulse which is the narrative | F |
| sea at dawn when its pull is strongest | G |
| What has brought us here | H |
| will lead us away our ship | I |
| sways in the tinted harbor water | J |
| Now the spell is ended | K |
| Give him back his life | L |
| sea that can only move forward | M |
Louise Gluck
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