The Portrait In The Rock Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIAJKLMBNOGPQ RDOSTU| Oh yes I knew him I spent years with him | A |
| with his golden and stony substance | B |
| he was a man who was tired | C |
| in Paraguay he left his father and mother | D |
| his sons his nephews | E |
| his latest in laws | F |
| his house his chickens | G |
| and some half opened books | H |
| They called him to the door | I |
| When he opened it the police took him | A |
| and they beat him up so much | J |
| that he spat blood in France in Denmark | K |
| in Spain in Italy moving about | L |
| and so he died and I stopped seeing his face | M |
| stopped hearing his profound silence | B |
| then once on a night of storms | N |
| with snow spreading | O |
| a smooth cloak on the mountains | G |
| on horseback there far off | P |
| I looked and there was my friend | Q |
| his face was formed in stone | R |
| his profile defied the wild weather | D |
| in his nose the wind was muffling | O |
| the moaning of the persecuted | S |
| There the exile came to ground | T |
| Changed into stone he lives in his own country | U |
Pablo Neruda
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About The Portrait In The Rock
The Portrait In The Rock is a poem by Pablo Neruda. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.