The Net-menders Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHIJK LMNO PGQ RST| Halfway up from the little harbor of sardine boats | A |
| Halfway down from groves where the thin bitter almond pips | B |
| Fatten in green pocked pods the three net menders sit out | C |
| Dressed in black everybody in mourning for someone | D |
| They set their stout chairs back to the road and face the dark | E |
| Dominoes of their doorways | F |
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| Sun grains their crow colors | G |
| Purples the fig in the leaf's shadow turns the dust pink | H |
| On the road named for Tomas Ortunio mica | I |
| Winks like money under the ringed toes of the chickens | J |
| The houses are white as sea salt goats lick from the rocks | K |
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| While their fingers work with the coarse mesh and the fine | L |
| Their eyes revolve the whole town like a blue and green ball | M |
| Nobody dies or is born without their knowing it | N |
| They talk of bride lace of lovers spunky as gamecocks | O |
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| The moon leans a stone madonna over the lead sea | P |
| And the iron hills that enclose them Earthen fingers | G |
| Twist old words into the web threads | Q |
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| Tonight may the fish | R |
| Be a harvest of silver in the nets and the lamps | S |
| Of our husbands and sons move sure among the low stars | T |
Sylvia Plath
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