The Bay Of Cortes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGAHI AJKLMN OKPQJMKA| The sea is a requisitioned article in my possession | A |
| Above in fat circles of conformity glide | B |
| turkey vultures their combs | C |
| a rich obscenely red | D |
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| The guano rocks are isles and stepping stones | E |
| of bird waste | F |
| They lie thick and bedeviled with fish fur | G |
| a dull lavender cached hard to the sun | A |
| seems to shine a metallic harvest white | H |
| as desert rocklets scattered to the breeze | I |
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| A speck of a fisherman dots the horizon | A |
| His craft a barque in loneliness across the sea | J |
| Dolphins inveigh the richness of the depths | K |
| persuade latitudes to drift about their wake | L |
| Pelicans sour the parabola distances between light and sound | M |
| become chancy over this distant breath of song | N |
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| Above the cliffs and the inner roads that follow | O |
| the desert into geometric squares stand abodes | K |
| The thin supremacy of shadows at dusk disparage the traveller here | P |
| Burros strayed lie dead by the highway's edge | Q |
| The liquid depth of the mountains reinforces vulnerability | J |
| The night air is alive with the torment of insects asplash with sound | M |
| Lights carry an eerie message dotted about the hills | K |
| Feeling alone is a delicacy to be savoured by the standards of the tropic sun | A |
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