Dry Guillotine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHIJKLMFNO PQGDRHS ATI UVNWXY ZEA2DDH B2HC2D2E2 H| In my childhood Verdun meant madness | A |
| Bars on the windows cages around the intellect | B |
| Time was a poor keeper of souls it seems wore out all but | C |
| a fragment of my memories Musical poetic The sounds of clay china | D |
| being dropped on the floor Fierce Celts with a gift for the muse in | E |
| keeping with their love of lyricism and war | F |
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| Driving by Queen in Toronto accompanies a lot of the above | G |
| A cuckoo bin by any calculation and a reference not meant to be | H |
| pejorative A subject so clothed in solemnity only irreverent | I |
| kidding can hope to disarm its grasp Still the truth must be told | J |
| In university no one shrinked from whispering the ultimate fate | K |
| a stint in Sydenham or a trip down the road to Cedar Springs | L |
| Delightful euphemisms the names reminiscent of sonorous rivers | M |
| tree lined groves peach blossoms across Georgia springs Or | F |
| Ophelia's funeral oration wherein Polonius rightfully alludes to her | N |
| sudden falling away amid laughing brooks | O |
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| I am reminded of Charri re's desperate attempt to stay sane on Ile | P |
| du Di ble the cutting edge of his dry guillotine his mind's fabric | Q |
| giving way to the slightest irritation In the present the chant of | G |
| a crowd's jump jump to the would be suicide Then there is the | D |
| most foreboding type of all dementia the collective sort A strength | R |
| through joy movement of the Hitler camp with society's many | H |
| institutions set up along the spit and polish order of the Reich | S |
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| Indeed if we think of it we all have a deep knowledge of madness | A |
| days when the centre is about to break alongside the pit Days when | T |
| wars on the periphery take hold colours appear different | I |
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| As a child madness was watching Ichabod Crane in cartoon form | U |
| outrace the Headless Horseman In Sleepy Hollow trying to put | V |
| down the panic in himself Ichabod the peaceful school master | N |
| driven to the edge At war with himself but trying to reassure that | W |
| same self the plodding sound of approaching hooves was only dried | X |
| bullrush stems hitting against his head | Y |
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| Madness is more than Van Gogh offering an ear Druid priests | Z |
| garnishing oak trees in a British forest or plaintive Gauguin | E |
| abandoning his family at mid stream in a successful career It | A2 |
| probably stands behind half the men on skid row beckons like a | D |
| welcome friend before turning fiend and consuming impulse to a | D |
| bag lady | H |
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| The close relation between the creative impulse and letting go | B2 |
| Between the arts and wide eyed eccentricity Between wanting to be | H |
| free And knowing Hearing if you go on like that you'll end up on | C2 |
| the Lakeshore Another pretty euphemism A dangerous truth left | D2 |
| like an upturned rock for someone to trip on in another garden | E2 |
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| The farthest away anyone can be | H |
Paul Cameron Brown
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