Ode To Salt Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHICHJKLLJL AMMLNL OLPQ LOMPOLPMMMBRMSMBMLBS LMBRTULMMLMBBLLMThis salt | A |
in the salt cellar | B |
I once saw in the salt mines | C |
I know | D |
you won't | E |
believe me | F |
but | G |
it sings | H |
salt sings the skin | I |
of the salt mines | C |
sings | H |
with a mouth smothered | J |
by the earth | K |
I shivered in those | L |
solitudes | L |
when I heard | J |
the voice | L |
of | - |
the salt | A |
in the desert | M |
Near Antofagasta | M |
the nitrous | L |
pampa | N |
resounds | L |
a | - |
broken | O |
v oice | L |
a mournful | P |
song | Q |
- | |
In its caves | L |
the salt moans mountain | O |
of buried light | M |
translucent cathedral | P |
crystal of the sea oblivion | O |
of the waves | L |
And then on every table | P |
in the world | M |
salt | M |
we see your piquant | M |
powder | B |
sprinkling | R |
vital light | M |
upon | S |
our food | M |
Preserver | B |
of the ancient | M |
holds of ships | L |
discoverer | B |
on | S |
the high seas | L |
earliest | M |
sailor | B |
of the unknown shifting | R |
byways of the foam | T |
Dust of the sea in you | U |
the tongue receives a kiss | L |
from ocean night | M |
taste imparts to every seasoned | M |
dish your ocean essence | L |
the smallest | M |
miniature | B |
wave from the saltcellar | B |
reveals to us | L |
more than domestic whiteness | L |
in it we taste infinitude | M |
Pablo Neruda
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