How We Were Introduced Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE FGHI JKLM NOPQ RSDT UAOB VAOW XYOC CRZA2 B2C2D2W HHE2A2HWF2G2| for perfidious protectors | A |
| - | |
| I was playing in the street | B |
| no one paid attention to me | C |
| as I made forms out of sand | D |
| mumbling Rimbaud under my breath | E |
| - | |
| once an elderly gentleman overheard it | F |
| little boy you are a poet | G |
| just now we are organizing | H |
| a grass roots literary movement | I |
| - | |
| he stroked my dirty head | J |
| gave me a large lollypop | K |
| and even bought clothes | L |
| in the protective coloring of youth | M |
| - | |
| I didn t have such a splendid suit | N |
| since first communion | O |
| short trousers and a wide | P |
| sailor s collar | Q |
| - | |
| black patent leather shoes with a buckle | R |
| white knee high socks | S |
| the elderly gentleman took me by the hand | D |
| and led the way to the ball | T |
| - | |
| other boys were there | U |
| also in short trousers | A |
| carefully shaven | O |
| shuffling their feet | B |
| - | |
| well boys now it s time to play | V |
| why are you standing in the corners | A |
| asked the elderly gentleman | O |
| make a circle holding hands | W |
| - | |
| but we didn t want tag | X |
| or blindman s buff | Y |
| we had enough of the elderly gentleman | O |
| we were very hungry | C |
| - | |
| so we were seated promptly | C |
| around a large table | R |
| given lemonade | Z |
| and pieces of cake | A2 |
| - | |
| now disguised as adults | B2 |
| with deep voices | C2 |
| the boys got up they praised us | D2 |
| or slapped us on our hands | W |
| - | |
| we didn t hear anything | H |
| didn t feel anything | H |
| staring with great eyes | E2 |
| at the piece of cake | A2 |
| that kept melting | H |
| in our hot hands | W |
| and this sweet taste the first in our lives | F2 |
| disappeared inside our dark sleeves | G2 |
Zbigniew Herbert
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