Cardinal Ideograms Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB C DE F CGH IJ EKLL MN OHPQEHRS THU CVC| A mouth Can blow or breathe | A |
| be a funnel or Hello | B |
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| A grass blade or a cut | C |
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| A question seated And a proud | D |
| bird's neck | E |
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| Shallow mitten for two fingered hand | F |
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| Three cornered hut | C |
| on one stilt Sometimes built | G |
| so the roof gapes | H |
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| A policeman Polite | I |
| Wearing visored cap | J |
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| O unrolling | E |
| tape of ambiguous length | K |
| on which is written the mystery | L |
| of everything curly | L |
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| A step | M |
| detached from its stair | N |
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| The universe in diagram | O |
| A cosmic hourglass | H |
| Note enigmatic shape | P |
| absence of any value of origin | Q |
| how end overlaps beginning | E |
| Unknotted like a shoelace | H |
| and whipped back and forth | R |
| can serve as a model of time | S |
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| Lorgnette for the right eye | T |
| In England or if you are Alice | H |
| the stem is on the left | U |
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| A grass blade or a cut | C |
| companioned by a mouth | V |
| Open Open Shut Shut | C |
May Swenson
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