Ode To Sadness Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJIKFHLMNOPQ RSTUVQWXYZA2B2C2S| Sadness scarab | A |
| with seven crippled feet | B |
| spiderweb egg | C |
| scramble brained rat | D |
| bitch's skeleton | E |
| No entry here | F |
| Don't come in | G |
| Go away | H |
| Go back | I |
| south with your umbrella | J |
| go back | I |
| north with your serpent's teeth | K |
| A poet lives here | F |
| No sadness may | H |
| cross this threshold | L |
| Through these windows | M |
| comes the breath of the world | N |
| fresh red roses | O |
| flags embroidered with | P |
| the victories of the people | Q |
| No | R |
| No entry | S |
| Flap | T |
| your bat's wings | U |
| I will trample the feathers | V |
| that fall from your mantle | Q |
| I will sweep the bits and pieces | W |
| of your carcass to | X |
| the four corners of the wind | Y |
| I will wring your neck | Z |
| I will stitch your eyelids shut | A2 |
| I will sew your shroud | B2 |
| sadness and bury your rodent bones | C2 |
| beneath the springtime of an apple tree | S |
Pablo Neruda
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kNaleeni: “Ode To Sadness ” has hostile words towards Sadness which portrays poet’s inner fear of being Sad, hence being aggressive rather belligerent in shunning it.
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