The Tongue Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHI| Inadvertently I passed the border of her teeth and swallowed | A |
| her agile tongue It lives inside me now like a Japanese fish It | B |
| brushes against my heart and my diaphragm as if against the walls | C |
| of an aquarium It stirs silt from the bottom | D |
| She whom I deprived of a voice stares at me with big eyes | E |
| and waits for a word | F |
| Yet I do not know which tongue to use when speaking to | G |
| her the stolen one or the one which melts in my mouth from an | H |
| excess of heavy goodness | I |
Zbigniew Herbert
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