The Straitening Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCD EFGH IJHFKELM LM FFNOP HQRSTU LF VFFNFWT X FIFYZZMA2 PM B2B2EC2 D2D2EHR HVR FKIME2FR FF2G2H2FF I2E2PJ2BK2L2PFFE2V FR FM2FKPPF2I E2E2FG2N2O2PPSU SF E2P2BN2B2 B2Q2Q2CN2XA2 A2W FR2BFMFEHHHHS2 N2S2 T2FT2S2RQT2X FBB BHR HBJENU2 HR ZOF OQFBRH2XD FI

A
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Driven into theB
terrainC
with the unmistakable trackD
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grass written asunder The stones whiteE
with the shadows of grassbladesF
Do not read any more lookG
Do not look any more goH
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Go your hourI
has no sisters you areJ
are at home A wheel slowH
rolls out of itself the spokesF
climbK
climb on a blackish field the nightE
needs no stars nowhereL
does anyone ask after youM
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NowhereL
does anyone ask after youM
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The place where they lay it hasF
a name it hasF
none They did not lie there SomethingN
lay between them TheyO
did not see through itP
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Did not see noH
spoke ofQ
words NoneR
awokeS
sleepT
came over themU
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-
Came came NowhereL
anyone asksF
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It is I IV
I lay between you I wasF
open wasF
audible ticked at you your breathingN
obeyed it isF
I still but thenW
you are asleepT
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-
It is I stillX
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yearsF
years years a fingerI
feels down and up feelsF
aroundY
seams palpable hereZ
it is split wide open hereZ
it grew together again whoM
covered it upA2
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-
Covered itP
up whoM
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Came cameB2
Came a word cameB2
came through the nightE
wanted to shine wanted to shineC2
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AshD2
Ash ashD2
NightE
Night and night GoH
to the eye the moist oneR
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-
GoH
to the eyeV
the moist oneR
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GalesF
Gales from the beginning of timeK
whirl of particles the otherI
youM
know it though weE2
read it in the book wasF
opinionR
-
Was wasF
opinion HowF2
did we touchG2
each other each other withH2
theseF
handsF
-
There was written too thatI2
Where WeE2
put a silence over itP
stilled with poison greatJ2
aB
greenK2
silence a sepal anL2
idea of vegetation attached to itP
green yesF
attached yesF
under a craftyE2
skyV
-
Of yesF
vegetationR
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YesF
Gales whirl of partM2
icles there wasF
time left timeK
to try it out with the stone itP
was hospitable itP
did not cut in HowF2
lucky we wereI
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GrainyE2
grainy and stringy StalkyE2
denseF
grapy and radiant kidneyishG2
flattish andN2
lumpy loose tangO2
led he itP
did not cut in itP
spokeS
willingly spoke to dry eyes before closing themU
-
Spoke spokeS
Was wasF
-
WeE2
would not let go stoodP2
in the midst aB
porous edifice andN2
it cameB2
-
Came at us cameB2
through us patchedQ2
invisibly patchedQ2
away at the last membraneC
andN2
the world a millicrystalX
shot up shot upA2
-
-
Shot up shot upA2
ThenW
-
Nights demixed CirclesF
green or blue scarletR2
squares theB
world puts its inmost reservesF
into the game with the newM
hours CirclesF
red or black brightE
squares noH
flight shadowH
noH
measuring table noH
smoke soul ascends or joins inS2
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-
Ascends andN2
joins inS2
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At owl's flight nearT2
the petrified scabsF
nearT2
our fled hands inS2
the latest rejectionR
aboveQ
the rifle range nearT2
the buried wallX
-
visible onceF
more theB
grooves theB
-
choirs at that time theB
psalms Ho hoH
sannahR
-
SoH
there are temples yet AB
starJ
probably still has lightE
NothingN
nothing is lostU2
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HoH
sannahR
-
At owl's flight hereZ
the conversations day greyO
of the water level tracesF
-
-
day greyO
ofQ
the water level tracesF
Driven into theB
terrainR
withH2
the unmistakableX
trackD
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GrassF
grass written asunderI

Paul Celan



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