metre analysis

Ape

neck

Swee

ney

spreads

his

knees

Let

ting

his arms

hang

down

to

laugh

The

ze

bra

stripes

a

long

his

jaw

Swel

ling to

ma

cu

late

gi

raffe

The.

cir

cles

of

the

stor

my

moon

Slide

west

ward

to.ward

the

Ri

ver

Plate

Death

and the

Ra

ven

drift

a

bove

And

Swee

ney

guards

the

hor

ned

gate

Gloo

my O

ri

on

and

the

dog

Are

veiled;

and

hushed

the

shrun

ken

seas

The

per

son

in

the

Spa

nish

cape

Tries

to

sit

on

Swee

ney's

knees

Slips

and

pulls

the

ta

ble

cloth

O

ver

turns

a

cof

fee

cup

Re

or

ga

nised

up

on

the

floor

She

yawns

and

draws

a

stock

ing

up

The.

si

lent

man

in

mo

cha

brown

Sprawls

at.the

win

dow

sill

and

gapes

The

wai

ter

brings

in

o

ran

ges

Ba

na

nas

figs

and

hot

house

grapes

The

si

lent

ver

te

brate

in

brown

Con

tracs

and

con

cen

trates,

with

draws

Ra

chel

nee

Ra

bi

no

vitch

Tears

at the

grapes

with

mur

derous

paws

She.

and the

la

dy

in

the

cape

Are

sus

pect,

thought

to

be

in

league

There

fore

the

man

with

hea

vy

eyes

De

clines

the

gam

bit,

showes

fa

tigue

Leaves.

the

room

and

re

ap

pears

Out

side

the

win

dow,

lean

ing

in

Bran

ches

of

wis

ta

ri

a

Cir

cum

scribe

a

gol

den

grin

The

host

with

some

one

in

dis

tinct

Con

ver

ses

at

the

door

a

part

The

nigh

tin

gales

are

sing

ing

near

The

con

vent

of

the

sa

cred

heart

And

sang

with

in

the

bloo

dy

wood

When

A

ga

mem

non

cried

a

loud

And

let

their

li

quid

sif

tings

fall

To

stain

the

stiff

dis

hon

oured

shroud