Between Games Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFDC GHIJK LMFN OPQRS CTSU A| Nobody rests | A |
| - | |
| This one constantly shifts his eyes | B |
| Hangs them on his head | C |
| And whether he wants it or not starts walking | D |
| backwards | E |
| He puts them on the soles of his feet | F |
| And whether he wants it or not returns walking | D |
| on his head | C |
| - | |
| This one turns into an ear | G |
| He hears all that won't let itself be heard | H |
| But he grows bored | I |
| Yearns to turn again into himself | J |
| But without eyes he can't see how | K |
| - | |
| That one bares all his faces | L |
| One after the other he throws them over the roof | M |
| The last one he throws under his feet | F |
| And sinks his head into his hands | N |
| - | |
| This one stretches his sight | O |
| Stretches it from thumb to thumb | P |
| Walks over it walks | Q |
| First slow then fast | R |
| Then faster and faster | S |
| - | |
| That one plays with his head | C |
| Juggles it in the air | T |
| Meets it with his index finger | S |
| Or doesn't meet it at all | U |
| - | |
| Nobody rests | A |
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