Venus Rising Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCE| We were talking | A |
| into the night | B |
| of the sea | C |
| and our beginning there | D |
| - | |
| of Venus rising | A |
| flare white | B |
| and of antiquity | C |
| that common ground we share | D |
| - | |
| but under glaring | A |
| inquisitorial light | B |
| no clarity | C |
| to expunge her sea foamed hair | D |
| - | |
| Our dumb offering | A |
| of the trite | B |
| a desultory | C |
| respect our lack of care | D |
| - | |
| No longer believing | A |
| in any rite | B |
| nor the vanity | C |
| of reciprocated prayer | D |
| - | |
| Left grieving | A |
| our plight | B |
| its continuity | C |
| the dull fact of being here | E |
Roland John
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