Ode To The Book Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDDDEFDGHDDIJKLM LNIDOPGQRP ESTIDEDDUDVDDDOWXAYD EWOZDRDDDSDSA2B2C2DI DDBD2DLE2B2PU

When I close a bookA
I open lifeB
I hearC
faltering criesD
among harboursD
Copper ignotsD
slide down sand pitsD
to TocopillaE
Night timeF
Among the islandsD
our oceanG
throbs with fishH
touches the feet the thighsD
the chalk ribsD
of my countryI
The whole of nightJ
clings to its shores by dawnK
it wakes up singingL
as if it had excited a guitarM
-
The ocean's surge is callingL
The windN
calls meI
and Rodriguez callsD
and Jose AntonioO
I got a telegramP
from the quot Mine quot UnionG
and the one I loveQ
whose name I won't let outR
expects me in BucalemuP
-
No book has been ableE
to wrap me in paperS
to fill me upT
with typographyI
with heavenly imprintsD
or was ever ableE
to bind my eyesD
I come out of books to people orchardsD
with the hoarse family of my songU
to work the burning metalsD
or to eat smoked beefV
by mountain firesidesD
I love adventurousD
booksD
books of forest or snowO
depth or skyW
but hateX
the spider bookA
in which thoughtY
has laid poisonous wiresD
to trap the juvenileE
and circling flyW
Book let me goO
I won't go clothedZ
in volumesD
I don't come outR
of collected worksD
my poemsD
have not eaten poemsD
they devourS
exciting happeningsD
feed on rough weatherS
and dig their foodA2
out of earth and menB2
I'm on my wayC2
with dust in my shoesD
free of mythologyI
send books back to their shelvesD
I'm going down into the streetsD
I learned about lifeB
from life itselfD2
love I learned in a single kissD
and could teach no one anythingL
except that I have livedE2
with something in common among menB2
when fighting with themP
when saying all their say in my songU

Pablo Neruda



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