Sonnet Xi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJK LMM| I crave your mouth your voice your hair | A |
| Silent and starving I prowl through the streets | B |
| Bread does not nourish me dawn disrupts me all day | C |
| I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps | D |
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| I hunger for your sleek laugh | E |
| your hands the color of a savage harvest | F |
| hunger for the pale stones of your fingernails | G |
| I want to eat your skin like a whole almond | H |
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| I want to eat the sunbeam flaring in your lovely body | I |
| the sovereign nose of your arrogant face | J |
| I want to eat the fleeting shade of your lashes | K |
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| and I pace around hungry sniffing the twilight | L |
| hunting for you for your hot heart | M |
| like a puma in the barrens of Quitratue | M |
Pablo Neruda
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Sonnet Xi is a poem by Pablo Neruda. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.