The Deserted House Comments

I like the use for the changing rhyme scheme in the poem. Rhyme scheme for the complete poem: (abba ccdd effe ghgh ijkijk) .....................................eveloped, paired, enveloped, alternating, repeated-list ....................................(13 different rhymes) some of them even slant rhyme a poet friend RH Peat

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What a fabulous poem

the poem expresses the decay and ruin of the body by age. It is beautifully symbolic. The last verse suggests the possibility of life in heaven I like the simplicity of the last line....