Denouement Villanelle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA| The telegram says you have gone away | A |
| And left our bankrupt circus on its own | B |
| There is nothing more for me to say | A |
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| The maestro gives the singing birds their pay | A |
| And they buy tickets for the tropic zone | B |
| The telegram says you have gone away | A |
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| The clever woolly dogs have had their day | A |
| They shoot the dice for one remaining bone | B |
| There is nothing more for me to say | A |
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| The lion and the tigers turn to clay | A |
| And Jumbo sadly trumpets into stone | B |
| The telegram says you have gone away | A |
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| The morbid cobra's wits have run astray | A |
| He rents his poisons out by telephone | B |
| There is nothing more for me to say | A |
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| The colored tents all topple in the bay | A |
| The magic saw dust writes address unknown | B |
| The telegram says you have gone away | A |
| There is nothing more for me to say | A |
Sylvia Plath
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