On Deck Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBE FGHIJK LKBMNB OPQRPQ STTSTT BUVBWX| Midnight in the mid Atlantic On deck | A |
| Wrapped up in themselves as in thick veiling | B |
| And mute as mannequins in a dress shop | C |
| Some few passangers keep track | D |
| Of the old star map on the ceiling | B |
| Tiny and far a single ship | E |
| - | |
| Lit like a two tiered wedding cake | F |
| Carries its candles slowly off | G |
| Now there is nothing much to look at | H |
| Still nobody will move or speak | I |
| The bingo players the players at love | J |
| On a square no bigger than a carpet | K |
| - | |
| Are hustled over the crests and troughs | L |
| Each stalled in his particular minute | K |
| And castled in it like a king | B |
| Small drops spot their coats their gloves | M |
| They fly too fast to feel the wet | N |
| Anything can happen where they are going | B |
| - | |
| The untidy lady revivalist | O |
| For whom the good Lord provides He gave | P |
| Her a pocketbook a pearl hatpin | Q |
| And seven winter coats last August | R |
| Prays under her breath that she may save | P |
| The art students in West Berlin | Q |
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| The astrologer at her elbow a Leo | S |
| Picked his trip date by the stars | T |
| The is gratified by the absence of icecakes | T |
| He'll be rich in a year and he should know | S |
| Selling the Welsh and English mothers | T |
| Nativities at two and six | T |
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| And the white haired jeweler from Denmark is carving | B |
| A perfectly faceted wife to wait | U |
| On him hand and foot quiet as a diamond | V |
| Moony balloons tied by a string | B |
| To their owner' wrists the light dreams float | W |
| To be let loose at news of land | X |
Sylvia Plath
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