Knight-errant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFG HIJFFKL MFNOPFKQ HORSTHUVWX YZMA2KB2FC2HQHD2 FE2F2C2G2 H2HKI2 J2K2Q HL2F| A well thumbed book | A |
| like a well thumbed life | B |
| whilst you walk this earth | C |
| yet nothing is afoot | D |
| as so many small boys | E |
| throwing stones through the funeral parlour | F |
| glass door | G |
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| A cake walk Being alive and interacting | H |
| across the face of the multitude is terrible | I |
| algebra running into unfathomable sums | J |
| Doing your sums my grade school teacher | F |
| used to say and I still am Whippersnapper | F |
| learning lessons in a strange stamina | K |
| sort of way | L |
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| One of the multitude died last night | M |
| is now resting in a large Victorian parlour | F |
| Even the walls grimace I went by caught a peek | N |
| at the assemblage chasing thru rain to see his | O |
| last hurrah Look parlour can be deadly serious | P |
| even if ice cream and pizza attach dead pan humour | F |
| to the term Imagine picking the last day of the | K |
| month to go packing Finale | Q |
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| Going down to the sea in ships Death as voyage escaping | H |
| prison confines of the harbour Cliches donate dim glimpses | O |
| into the apparent | R |
| One sees a lot by the moon | S |
| Crisp fall air and | T |
| leaves yellowing | H |
| frightened from their wits | U |
| to end their brief balloon walk Such | V |
| faraway faces of Eve and a boat | W |
| moored to a dock | X |
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| Crossing streets | Y |
| a gray fusillade church | Z |
| knight errant breaks the night | M |
| Trees chuckle in coves through wispy clouds | A2 |
| Madonna's face in a shawl only it's not on the | K |
| stained glass window I see her She seems | B2 |
| to be pouting Ashamed of what we have to go through | F |
| at the end of this filth and stupidity Restrictions | C2 |
| Death lifts them in one heave of the casket More illuminating | H |
| are the mourners Dashing thru the sleet in brief poignancy | Q |
| shrill old voices that knew the deceased reciting | H |
| what can only be the obvious Leaden eyes that cast no shadow | D2 |
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| Hardly analogous to being called home or going to their | F |
| reward | E2 |
| More light is cast by the street lamp the pale glow of fireflies | F2 |
| and neon signs winking drinking waves like the fisherman's | C2 |
| cork | G2 |
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| This place is holy to me A shrine Night air with mist | H2 |
| collecting | H |
| watching flames shuffle over hearth stones leaves mount a | K |
| glade | I2 |
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| The bitterest berry flower to lily of the valley A heart that | J2 |
| makes gravelly noise Tiny angel spread of petals no black | K2 |
| funeral vestments for me | Q |
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| Standing close to the clock and thinking | H |
| A luxury bought with time | L2 |
| in every evening weeping in the corner | F |
Paul Cameron Brown
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