Contrary Theses (ii) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF GDH IJK CLM NOD| One chemical afternoon in mid autumn | A |
| When the grand mechanics of earth and sky were near | B |
| Even the leaves of the locust were yellow then | C |
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| He walked with his year old boy on his shoulder | D |
| The sun shone and the dog barked and the baby slept | E |
| The leaves even of the locust the green locust | F |
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| He wanted and looked for a final refuge | G |
| From the bombastic intimations of winter | D |
| And the martyrs a la mode He walked toward | H |
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| An abstract of which the sun the dog the boy | I |
| Were contours Cold was chilling the wide moving swans | J |
| The leaves were falling like notes from a piano | K |
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| The abstract was suddenly there and gone again | C |
| The negroes were playing football in the park | L |
| The abstract that he saw like the locust leaves plainly | M |
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| The premiss from which all things were conclusions | N |
| The noble Alexandrine verve The flies | O |
| And the bees still sought the chrysanthemums odor | D |
Wallace Stevens
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