The Sleepers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEB FGHGIJ KLMNOP QRSTUV| No map traces the street | A |
| Where those two sleepers are | B |
| We have lost track of it | C |
| They lie as if under water | D |
| In a blue unchanging light | E |
| The French window ajar | B |
| - | |
| Curtained with yellow lace | F |
| Through the narrow crack | G |
| Odors of wet earth rise | H |
| The snail leaves a silver track | G |
| Dark thickets hedge the house | I |
| We take a backward look | J |
| - | |
| Among petals pale as death | K |
| And leaves steadfast in shape | L |
| They sleep on mouth to mouth | M |
| A white mist is going up | N |
| The small green nostrils breathe | O |
| And they turn in their sleep | P |
| - | |
| Ousted from that warm bed | Q |
| We are a dream they dream | R |
| Their eyelids keep up the shade | S |
| No harm can come to them | T |
| We cast our skins and slide | U |
| Into another time | V |
Sylvia Plath
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