The Starling Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDDCCDDCEFGEFG| 'I can't get out' said the starling | A |
| Sterne's 'Sentimental Journey' | B |
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| Forever the impenetrable wall | C |
| Of self confines my poor rebellious soul | D |
| I never see the towering white clouds roll | D |
| Before a sturdy wind save through the small | C |
| Barred window of my jail I live a thrall | C |
| With all my outer life a clipped square hole | D |
| Rectangular a fraction of a scroll | D |
| Unwound and winding like a worsted ball | C |
| My thoughts are grown uneager and depressed | E |
| Through being always mine my fancy's wings | F |
| Are moulted and the feathers blown away | G |
| I weary for desires never guessed | E |
| For alien passions strange imaginings | F |
| To be some other person for a day | G |
Amy Lowell
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