The Party Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDC EEFEGE EEHIJI| The obscene hostess mincing in the hall | A |
| Gathers the guests around a crystal ball | A |
| It is on the whole an exciting moment | B |
| Mrs Lefevre stares with her one good eye | C |
| A friendly abdomen rubs against one s back | D |
| Interesting a portly man is heard to sigh | C |
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| A somewhat unconvincing oriental leers | E |
| Redundantly into the globe he peers | E |
| Mutters a word or two and stands aside | F |
| The glass grows cloudy with sulphorous fumes | E |
| Beads rattle latecomers giggle near the door | G |
| A scene forms in the glass silence invades the rooms | E |
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| The oriental glances up conceals surprise | E |
| At such immediate success Our eyes | E |
| Stare at the planes that fill the swelling globe | H |
| Smoke blue blood shelltorn faces Suddenly a drum | I |
| Begins its steady beat pursues us even here | J |
| Death and death again and all the wars to come | I |
Weldon Kees
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