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