The Tall Figures Of Giacometti Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CD EF BG HI JK| We move by means of our mud bumps | A |
| We bubble as do the dead but more slowly | B |
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| The products of excruciating purges | C |
| we are squeezed out thin hard and dry | D |
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| If we exude a stench it is petrified sainthood | E |
| Our feet are large crude fused together | F |
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| solid like anvils Ugly as truth is ugly | B |
| we are meant to stand upright a long time | G |
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| and shudder without motion | H |
| under the scintillating pins of light | I |
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| that dart between our bodies | J |
| of pimpled mud and your eyes | K |
May Swenson
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