Fountains Of Aix Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAACADAEAAFFGAAGAAA HIHJAAKLAC| Beards of water | A |
| some of them have | B |
| Others are blowing whistles of water | A |
| Faces astonished that constant water | A |
| jumps from their mouths | C |
| Jaws of lions are snarling water | A |
| through green teeth over chins of moss | D |
| Dolphins toss jets of water | A |
| from open snouts | E |
| to an upper theater of water | A |
| Children are riding swans and water | A |
| coils from the S shaped necks and spills | F |
| in flat foils from pincered bills | F |
| A solemn curly headed bull | G |
| puts out a swollen tongue of water | A |
| Cupids naked are making water | A |
| into a font that never is full | G |
| A goddess is driving a chariot through water | A |
| Her reins and whips are tight white water | A |
| Bronze hoofs of horses wrangle with water | A |
| Marble faces half hidden in leaves | H |
| Faces whose hair is leaves and grapes | I |
| of stone are peering from living leaves | H |
| Faces with mossy lips unlocked | J |
| always uttering water | A |
| water | A |
| wearing their features blank | K |
| their ears deaf their eyes mad | L |
| or patient or blind or astonished at water | A |
| always uttered out of their mouths | C |
May Swenson
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