Mr. Apollinax Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCAADAAAEF GFEHGIJKG| When Mr Apollinax visited the United States | A |
| His laughter tinkled among the teacups | A |
| I thought of Fragilion that shy figure among the birch trees | A |
| And of Priapus in the shrubbery | B |
| Gaping at the lady in the swing | C |
| In the palace of Mrs Phlaccus at Professor Channing Cheetah's | A |
| He laughed like an irresponsible foetus | A |
| His laughter was submarine and profound | D |
| Like the old man of the sea's | A |
| Hidden under coral islands | A |
| Where worried bodies of drowned men drift down in the green silence | A |
| Dropping from fingers of surf | E |
| I looked for the head of Mr Apollinax rolling under a chair | F |
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| Or grinning over a screen | G |
| With seaweed in its hair | F |
| I heard the beat of centaur's hoofs over the hard turf | E |
| As his dry and passionate talk devoured the afternoon | H |
| He is a charming man But after all what did he mean | G |
| His pointed ears He must be unbalanced | I |
| There was something he said that I might have challenged | J |
| Of dowager Mrs Phlaccus and Professor and Mrs Cheetah | K |
| I remember a slice of lemon and a bitten macaroon | G |
T. S. Eliot
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