Sonnet Xlii: I Hunt For A Sign Of You Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJK BLF| I hunt for a sign of you in all the others | A |
| In the rapid undulant river of women | B |
| Braids shyly sinking eyes | C |
| Light step that slices sailing through the foam | D |
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| Suddenly I think I can make out your nails | E |
| Oblong quick nieces of a cherry | F |
| Then it's your hair that passes by and I think | G |
| I see your image a bonfire burning in the water | H |
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| I searched but no one else had your rhythms | I |
| Your light the shady day you brought from the forest | J |
| Nobody had your tiny ears | K |
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| You are whole exact and everything you are is one | B |
| And so I go along with you I float along loving | L |
| A wide Mississippi toward a feminine sea | F |
Pablo Neruda
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About Sonnet Xlii: I Hunt For A Sign Of You
Sonnet Xlii: I Hunt For A Sign Of You is a poem by Pablo Neruda. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.