On Rhyming
Ran across this in Joseph Brodsky's essay on Marina Tsvetaeva, "Footnote to a Poem." It's from Marina 's poem on the death of Rilke: "Novogodnee" ("New Year's Greetings").
Rainer, are you pleased with new rhymes?
For, properly interpreting the word
"Rhyme," what--if not a whole row of new
Rhymes--is Death?
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Had to have something for the inaugural entry. This is as good as it gets.
Rainer, are you pleased with new rhymes?
For, properly interpreting the word
"Rhyme," what--if not a whole row of new
Rhymes--is Death?
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Had to have something for the inaugural entry. This is as good as it gets.
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