Winter Solstice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGH IJKLMAA NOPQ RECS T| When you startle awake in the dark morning | A |
| heart pounding breathing fast | B |
| sitting bolt upright staring into | C |
| dark whirlpool black hole | D |
| feeling its suction | E |
| - | |
| Get out of bed | F |
| knock at the door of your nearest friend | G |
| ask to lie down ask to be held | H |
| - | |
| Listen while whispered words | I |
| turn the hole into deep night sky | J |
| stars close together | K |
| winter moon rising over white fields | L |
| nearby wren rustling dry leaves | M |
| distant owl echoing | A |
| two people walking up the road laughing | A |
| - | |
| Let your soul laugh | N |
| let your heart sigh out | O |
| that long held breath so hollow in your stomach | P |
| so swollen in your throat | Q |
| - | |
| Already light is returning pairs of wings | R |
| lift softly off your eyelids one by one | E |
| each feathered edge clearer between you | C |
| and the pearl veil of day | S |
| - | |
| You have nothing to do but live | T |
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