Leaning Into The Afternoons Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CD BE FG AB HI JK| Leaning into the afternoons I cast my sad nets | A |
| towards your oceanic eyes | B |
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| There in the highest blaze my solitude lengthens and flames | C |
| its arms turning like a drowning man's | D |
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| I send out red signals across your absent eyes | B |
| that smell like the sea or the beach by a lighthouse | E |
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| You keep only darkness my distant female | F |
| from your regard sometimes the coast of dread emerges | G |
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| Leaning into the afternoons I fling my sad nets | A |
| to that sea that is thrashed by your oceanic eyes | B |
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| The birds of night peck at the first stars | H |
| that flash like my soul when I love you | I |
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| The night gallops on its shadowy mare | J |
| shedding blue tassels over the land | K |
Pablo Neruda
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Leaning Into The Afternoons is a poem by Pablo Neruda. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.