Open House Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EFEFGG HIHJKE| My secrets cry aloud | A |
| I have no need for tongue | B |
| My heart keeps open house | C |
| My doors are widely swung | B |
| An epic of the eyes | D |
| My love with no disguise | D |
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| My truths are all foreknown | E |
| This anguish self revealed | F |
| I m naked to the bone | E |
| With nakedness my shield | F |
| Myself is what I wear | G |
| I keep the spirit spare | G |
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| The anger will endure | H |
| The deed will speak the truth | I |
| In language strict and pure | H |
| I stop the lying mouth | J |
| Rage warps my clearest cry | K |
| To witless agony | E |
Theodore Roethke
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