On The Desert Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHBIBJKKLMNODP HBQGJKKNRJ| On the desert | A |
| A silence from the moon's deepest valley | B |
| Fire rays fall athwart the robes | C |
| Of hooded men squat and dumb | D |
| Before them a woman | E |
| Moves to the blowing of shrill whistles | F |
| And distant thunder of drums | G |
| While mystic things sinuous dull with terrible colour | H |
| Sleepily fondle her body | B |
| Or move at her will swishing stealthily over the sand | I |
| The snakes whisper softly | B |
| The whispering whispering snakes | J |
| Dreaming and swaying and staring | K |
| But always whispering softly whispering | K |
| The wind streams from the lone reaches | L |
| Of Arabia solemn with night | M |
| And the wild fire makes shimmer of blood | N |
| Over the robes of the hooded men | O |
| Squat and dumb | D |
| Bands of moving bronze emerald yellow | P |
| Circle the throat and the arms of her | H |
| And over the sands serpents move warily | B |
| Slow menacing and submissive | Q |
| Swinging to the whistles and drums | G |
| The whispering whispering snakes | J |
| Dreaming and swaying and staring | K |
| But always whispering softly whispering | K |
| The dignity of the accursed | N |
| The glory of slavery despair death | R |
| Is in the dance of the whispering snakes | J |
Stephen Crane
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