Glass Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF GHI JAK| Words of a poem should be glass | A |
| But glass so simple subtle its shape | B |
| Is nothing but the shape of what it holds | C |
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| A glass spun for itself is empty | D |
| Brittle at best Venetian trinket | E |
| Embossed glass hides the poem of its absence | F |
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| Words should be looked through should be windows | G |
| The best word were invisible | H |
| The poem is the thing the poet thinks | I |
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| If the impossible were not | J |
| And if the glass only the glass | A |
| Could be removed the poem would remain | K |
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