Ode To Salt Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHICHJKLLJL AMMLNL OLPQ LOMPOLPMMMBRMSMBMLBS LMBRTULMMLMBBLLM| This 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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Ode To Salt is a poem by Pablo Neruda. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.