The House Of Odes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGAHIAJKBLMNCOP QNRNSTCNUVWXLYAZA2NB 2C2CD2AE2F2NAG2H2I2J 2K2L2LM2BN2AO2UNP2L2 L2I2Q2R2C| Writing | A |
| these | B |
| odes | C |
| in this | D |
| year nineteen | E |
| hundred and | F |
| fifty five | G |
| readying and tuning | A |
| my demanding murmuring lyre | H |
| I know who I am | I |
| and where my song is going | A |
| I understand | J |
| that the shopper for myths | K |
| and mysteries | B |
| may enter | L |
| my wood | M |
| and adobe | N |
| house of odes | C |
| may despise | O |
| the utensils | P |
| the portraits | Q |
| of father and mother and country | N |
| on the walls | R |
| the simplicity | N |
| of the bread | S |
| and the saltcellar But | T |
| that's how it is in my house of odes | C |
| I deposed the dark monarchy | N |
| the useless flowing hair of dreams | U |
| I trod on the tail | V |
| of the cerebral reptile | W |
| and set things | X |
| water and fire | L |
| in harmony with man and earth | Y |
| I want everything | A |
| to have | Z |
| a handle | A2 |
| I want everything to be | N |
| a cup or a tool | B2 |
| I want people to enter a hardware | C2 |
| store through the door of my odes | C |
| I work at | D2 |
| cutting | A |
| newly hewn boards | E2 |
| storing casks | F2 |
| of honey | N |
| arranging | A |
| horseshoes harness | G2 |
| forks | H2 |
| I want everyone to enter here | I2 |
| let them ask questions | J2 |
| ask for anything they want | K2 |
| I am from the South a Chilean | L2 |
| a sailor | L |
| returned | M2 |
| from the seas | B |
| I did not stay in the islands | N2 |
| a king | A |
| I did not stay ensconced | O2 |
| in the land of dreams | U |
| I returned to labor simply | N |
| beside others | P2 |
| for everyone | L2 |
| So that everyone | L2 |
| may live here | I2 |
| I build my house | Q2 |
| with transparent | R2 |
| odes | C |
Pablo Neruda
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About The House Of Odes
The House Of Odes is a poem by Pablo Neruda. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.