To Television Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DAEF GHI JAK ABAL MNAOAP AAQRS SPAT| Not a quot window on the world quot | A |
| But as we call you | B |
| A box a tube | C |
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| Terrarium of dreams and wonders | D |
| Coffer of shades ordained | A |
| Cotillion of phosphors | E |
| Or liquid crystal | F |
| - | |
| Homey miracle tub | G |
| Of acquiescence vein of defiance | H |
| Your patron in the pantheon would be Hermes | I |
| - | |
| Raster dance | J |
| Quick one little thief escort | A |
| Of the dying and comfort of the sick | K |
| - | |
| In a blue glow my father and little sister sat | A |
| Snuggled in one chair watching you | B |
| Their wife and mother was sick in the head | A |
| I scorned you and them as I scorned so much | L |
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| Now I like you best in a hotel room | M |
| Maybe minutes | N |
| Before I have to face an audience behind | A |
| The doors of the armoire box | O |
| Within a box Tom amp Jerry or also brilliant | A |
| And reassuring Oprah Winfrey | P |
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| Thank you for I watched I watched | A |
| Sid Caesar speaking French and Japanese not | A |
| Through knowledge but imagination | Q |
| His quickness and Thank You I watched live | R |
| Jackie Robinson stealing | S |
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| Home the image O strung shell enduring | S |
| Fleeter than light like these words we | P |
| Remember in they too winged | A |
| At the helmet and ankles | T |
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