Some Last Questions Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGFHIJKLHMNMLOP QRST

What is the headA
A AshB
What are the eyesC
A The wells have fallen in and haveD
InhabitantsE
What are the feetF
A Thumbs left after the auctionG
No what are the feetF
A Under them the impossible road is movingH
Down which the broken necked mice pushI
Balls of blood with their nosesJ
What is the tongueK
A The black coat that fell off the wallL
With sleeves trying to say somethingH
What are the handsM
A PaidN
No what are the handsM
A Climbing back down the museum wallL
To their ancestors the extinct shrews that willO
Have left a messageP
What is the silenceQ
A As though it had a right to moveR
Who are the compatriotsS
A They make the stars of boneT

William Stanley Merwin



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