Poetry Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIIJKL MNOPQRNSCTUVWSXYPZA2 YPPIB2 SLPC2LPD2E2P| And it was at that age Poetry arrived | A |
| in search of me I don't know I don't know where | B |
| it came from from winter or a river | C |
| I don't know how or when | D |
| no they were not voices they were not | E |
| words nor silence | F |
| but from a street I was summoned | G |
| from the branches of night | H |
| abruptly from the others | I |
| among violent fires | I |
| or returning alone | J |
| there I was without a face | K |
| and it touched me | L |
| - | |
| I did not know what to say my mouth | M |
| had no way | N |
| with names | O |
| my eyes were blind | P |
| and something started in my soul | Q |
| fever or forgotten wings | R |
| and I made my own way | N |
| deciphering | S |
| that fire | C |
| and I wrote the first faint line | T |
| faint without substance pure | U |
| nonsense | V |
| pure wisdom | W |
| of someone who knows nothing | S |
| and suddenly I saw | X |
| the heavens | Y |
| unfastened | P |
| and open | Z |
| planets | A2 |
| palpitating plantations | Y |
| shadow perforated | P |
| riddled | P |
| with arrows fire and flowers | I |
| the winding night the universe | B2 |
| - | |
| And I infinitesimal being | S |
| drunk with the great starry | L |
| void | P |
| likeness image of | C2 |
| mystery | L |
| felt myself a pure part | P |
| of the abyss | D2 |
| I wheeled with the stars | E2 |
| my heart broke loose on the wind | P |
Pablo Neruda
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