Sonnet Xxxiv Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFDG HAI JKL MYou are the daughter of the sea oregano's first cousin | A |
Swimmer your body is pure as the water | B |
cook your blood is quick as the soil | C |
Everything you do is full of flowers rich with the earth | D |
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Your eyes go out toward the water and the waves rise | E |
your hands go out to the earth and the seeds swell | F |
you know the deep essence of water and the earth | D |
conjoined in you like a formula for clay | G |
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Naiad cut your body into turquoise pieces | H |
they will bloom resurrected in the kitchen | A |
This is how you become everything that lives | I |
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And so at last you sleep in the circle of my arms | J |
that push back the shadows so that you can rest | K |
vegetables seaweed herbs the foam of your dreams | L |
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Translated by Stephen Tapscott | M |
Pablo Neruda
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