The Old Women Of The Ocean Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF GCH IJK LMN OPQ RST UVU WXLY| To the solemn sea the old women come | A |
| With their shawls knotted around their necks | B |
| With their fragile feet cracking | C |
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| They sit down alone on the shore | D |
| Without moving their eyes or their hands | E |
| Without changing the clouds or the silence | F |
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| The obscene sea breaks and claws | G |
| Rushes downhill trumpeting | C |
| Shakes its bull's beard | H |
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| The gentle old ladies seated | I |
| As if in a transparent boat | J |
| They look at the terrorist waves | K |
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| Where will they go and where have they been | L |
| They come from every corner | M |
| They come from our own lives | N |
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| Now they have the ocean | O |
| The cold and burning emptiness | P |
| The solitude full of flames | Q |
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| They come from all the pasts | R |
| From houses which were fragrant | S |
| From burnt up evenings | T |
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| They look or don't look at the sea | U |
| With their walking sticks they draw signs in the sand | V |
| And the sea erases their calligraphy | U |
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| The old women get up and go away | W |
| With their fragile bird feet | X |
| While the waves flood in | L |
| Traveling naked in the wind | Y |
Pablo Neruda
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About The Old Women Of The Ocean
The Old Women Of The Ocean is a poem by Pablo Neruda. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.