Cornish Study Iii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL MNOP OQRS TUVR WRBX YRAU| They found him as predicted in the cove | A |
| three days it took for the Atlantic | B |
| to spout him up and leave him back | C |
| as he was in life washed out and finished | D |
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| What drove him on knowing there's no purpose | E |
| no belief in heaven or amelioration | F |
| The desire for continuance pass on the genes | G |
| All unimportant now as we gather graveside | H |
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| Remember our youth the grand desires | I |
| assured of immortality we sketched wrote out | J |
| our demons acknowledging that we were leaving | K |
| the old behind whether by comment or design | L |
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| Was that it the failure to find an audience | M |
| Thirty years on from those raucous days | N |
| convinced that you were making it new | O |
| rewriting the old rules breaking the bounds | P |
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| Dear friend could I have helped But like you | O |
| I had no money and that was the root of it | Q |
| almost reclusive in those unheated rooms | R |
| the good furniture gone to pay the rent | S |
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| As the mean service ends I spot your ex wife | T |
| clutching a rose your brother agitated | U |
| perhaps knowing he could have done more | V |
| but not for a wastrel who made strange daubs | R |
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| I turn away recalling your first small triumph | W |
| the de hanging party the good reviews | R |
| that's how I'll remember you enthusiastic | B |
| slightly drunk and so convinced you were on your way | X |
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| Back home I stare again at your large abstract | Y |
| I bought then notice its relevance to the sea | R |
| and those dark shapes could be the tiny cove | A |
| where once we swam and where your body rested | U |
Roland John
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