Ode To The Artichoke Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJIKLMINOPQR STUVIIAWCIIIIIXIYZWZ IA2UJCJB2CQC2D2 IA2E2F2IQAIIG2IH2I2J 2E2HCK2WI L2M2N2HAA2O2P2ZIQ2I

The artichokeA
With a tender heartB
Dressed up like a warriorC
Standing at attention it builtD
A small helmetE
Under its scalesF
It remainedG
UnshakeableH
By its sideI
The crazy vegetablesJ
UncurledI
Their tendrills and leaf crownsK
Throbbing bulbsL
In the sub soilM
The carrotI
With its red mustachesN
Was sleepingO
The grapevineP
Hung out to dry its branchesQ
Through which the wine will riseR
The cabbageS
Dedicated itselfT
To trying on skirtsU
The oreganoV
To perfuming the worldI
And the sweetI
ArtichokeA
There in the gardenW
Dressed like a warriorC
BurnishedI
Like a proudI
PomegranteI
And one dayI
Side by sideI
In big wicker basketsX
Walking through the marketI
To realize their dreamY
The artichoke armyZ
In formationW
Never was it so militaryZ
Like on paradeI
The menA2
In their white shirtsU
Among the vegetablesJ
WereC
The MarshalsJ
Of the artichokesB2
Lines in close orderC
Command voicesQ
And the bangC2
Of a falling boxD2
-
ButI
ThenA2
MariaE2
ComesF2
With her basketI
She choosesQ
An artichokeA
She's not afraid of itI
She examines it she observes itI
Up against the light like it was an eggG2
She buys itI
She mixes it upH2
In her handbagI2
With a pair of shoesJ2
With a cabbage head and aE2
BottleH
Of vinegarC
UntilK2
She enters the kitchenW
And submerges it in a potI
-
Thus endsL2
In peaceM2
This careerN2
Of the armed vegetableH
Which is called an artichokeA
ThenA2
Scale by scaleO2
We strip offP2
The delicacyZ
And eatI
The peaceful mushQ2
Of its green heartI

Pablo Neruda



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