The rhyme scheme is: ABBA ABBA CDCDCD. ... In the sestet the C and D rhymes pattern repeats. The D rhymes are: again, strain, and rain, there appears to be a distinct relationship between the rhymes. ... The poet choice to use the words "build" and "breed" is hinting of another topos; the creation topos. ... The speaker's words suggest that his time is limited and he is metaphorically castrated by time. ...
There is no regard to stress or traditional use of rhyme. ... The first line ends with a one-syllable (masculine) 'wings', and concludes on the second line with a two-syllable (feminine), rhyming 'markings'. ... The auther notes that the Martian does not know the words for "cry" or "laugh", and he uses metaphors to describe how the reader reacts to the effects of books "eyes to melt" (cry) and the "body to shriek without pain" (laugh). ...
There is no regard to stress or traditional use of rhyme. ... The first line ends with a one-syllable (masculine) 'wings', and concludes on the second line with a two-syllable (feminine), rhyming 'markings'. ... The auther notes that the Martian does not know the words for "cry" or "laugh", and he uses metaphors to describe how the reader reacts to the effects of books "eyes to melt" (cry) and the "body to shriek without pain" (laugh). ...
