Ode To Tomatoes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFG HIJKDLHMNOPQRSSSSTUV WXSYZDA2NB2A2SA2ZNNA 2DA2A2C2SDSSD2E2CA2S F2SA2 G2SDOH2H2I2DHJ2K2A2D SSSL2SWM2SSN2DS| The street | A |
| filled with tomatoes | B |
| midday | C |
| summer | D |
| light is | E |
| halved | F |
| like | G |
| a | - |
| tomato | H |
| its juice | I |
| runs | J |
| through the streets | K |
| In December | D |
| unabated | L |
| the tomato | H |
| invades | M |
| the kitchen | N |
| it enters at lunchtime | O |
| takes | P |
| its ease | Q |
| on countertops | R |
| among glasses | S |
| butter dishes | S |
| blue saltcellars | S |
| It sheds | S |
| its own light | T |
| benign majesty | U |
| Unfortunately we must | V |
| murder it | W |
| the knife | X |
| sinks | S |
| into living flesh | Y |
| red | Z |
| viscera | D |
| a cool | A2 |
| sun | N |
| profound | B2 |
| inexhausible | A2 |
| pop ulates the salads | S |
| of Chile | A2 |
| happily it is wed | Z |
| to the clear onion | N |
| and to celebrate the union | N |
| we | A2 |
| pour | D |
| oil | A2 |
| essential | A2 |
| child of the olive | C2 |
| onto its halved hemispheres | S |
| pepper | D |
| adds | S |
| its fragrance | S |
| salt its magnetism | D2 |
| it is the wedding | E2 |
| of the day | C |
| parsley | A2 |
| hoists | S |
| its flag | F2 |
| potatoes | S |
| bubble vigorously | A2 |
| the aroma | - |
| of the roast | G2 |
| knocks | S |
| at the door | D |
| it's time | O |
| come on | H2 |
| and on | H2 |
| the table at the midpoint | I2 |
| of summer | D |
| the tomato | H |
| star of earth | J2 |
| recurrent | K2 |
| and fertile | A2 |
| star | D |
| displays | S |
| its convolutions | S |
| its canals | S |
| its remarkable amplitude | L2 |
| and abundance | S |
| no pit | W |
| no husk | M2 |
| no leaves or thorns | S |
| the tomato offers | S |
| its gift | N2 |
| of fiery color | D |
| and cool completeness | S |
Pablo Neruda
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Ode To Tomatoes is a poem by Pablo Neruda. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.