To My Bones Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGHI JKD LIL LM LLND LOPL E| In my sleep it rips through | A |
| my meagre skin | B |
| throws off the red bandage of the flesh | C |
| and goes strolling through the room | D |
| my monument a little incomplete | E |
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| one can be prodigal | F |
| with tears and blood | G |
| what will endure here the longest | H |
| must be thoughtfully provided for | I |
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| better than with a priest's dry finger | J |
| to the rains which drip from a cloud of sand | K |
| to give one's monument to the academey | D |
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| they will prop it up in a glass display case | L |
| and in Latin they will pray before | I |
| the little altar made from an os frontalis | L |
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| they will reckon the bones and surfaces | L |
| they will not forget not overlook | M |
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| happily I will give my color of eyes | L |
| pattern of nails and curve of eyelids | L |
| I the perfectly objective | N |
| made from white crystals of anatomy | D |
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| can for thoughts | L |
| heart cage | O |
| bony pile | P |
| and two shins | L |
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| you my little monument not quite complete | E |
Zbigniew Herbert
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