Colors Passing Through Us Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKL JMGGNO PQRSTU VWIXYZ A2B2C2D2YL E2C2F2G2H2O OF2GF2C2I2 C2OOJF2G| Purple as tulips in May mauve | A |
| into lush velvet purple | B |
| as the stain blackberries leave | C |
| on the lips on the hands | D |
| the purple of ripe grapes | E |
| sunlit and warm as flesh | F |
| Every day I will give you a color | G |
| like a new flower in a bud vase | H |
| on your desk Every day | I |
| I will paint you as women | J |
| color each other with henna | K |
| on hands and on feet | L |
| - | |
| Red as henna as cinnamon | J |
| as coals after the fire is banked | M |
| the cardinal in the feeder | G |
| the roses tumbling on the arbor | G |
| their weight bending the wood | N |
| the red of the syrup I make from petals | O |
| - | |
| Orange as the perfumed fruit | P |
| hanging their globes on the glossy tree | Q |
| orange as pumpkins in the field | R |
| orange as butterflyweed and the monarchs | S |
| who come to eat it orange as my | T |
| cat running lithe through the high grass | U |
| - | |
| Yellow as a goat's wise and wicked eyes | V |
| yellow as a hill of daffodils | W |
| yellow as dandelions by the highway | I |
| yellow as butter and egg yolks | X |
| yellow as a school bus stopping you | Y |
| yellow as a slicker in a downpour | Z |
| - | |
| Here is my bouquet here is a sing | A2 |
| song of all the things you make | B2 |
| me think of here is oblique | C2 |
| praise for the height and depth | D2 |
| of you and the width too | Y |
| Here is my box of new crayons at your feet | L |
| - | |
| Green as mint jelly green | E2 |
| as a frog on a lily pad twanging | C2 |
| the green of cos lettuce upright | F2 |
| about to bolt into opulent towers | G2 |
| green as Grand Chartreuse in a clear | H2 |
| glass green as wine bottles | O |
| - | |
| Blue as cornflowers delphiniums | O |
| bachelors' buttons Blue as Roquefort | F2 |
| blue as Saga Blue as still water | G |
| Blue as the eyes of a Siamese cat | F2 |
| Blue as shadows on new snow as a spring | C2 |
| azure sipping from a puddle on the blacktop | I2 |
| - | |
| Cobalt as the midnight sky | C2 |
| when day has gone without a trace | O |
| and we lie in each other's arms | O |
| eyes shut and fingers open | J |
| and all the colors of the world | F2 |
| pass through our bodies like strings of fire | G |
Marge Piercy
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