Birdwatchers Of America Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEAFF GHIHHGJJ KLHMHKKK| It s all very well to dream of a dove that saves | A |
| Picasso s or the Pope s | B |
| The one that annually coos in Our Lady s ear | C |
| Half the world s hopes | D |
| And the other one that shall cunningly engineer | E |
| The retirement of all businessmen to their graves | A |
| And when this is brought about | F |
| Make us the loving brothers of every lout | F |
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| But in our part of the country a false dusk | G |
| Lingers for hours it steams | H |
| From the soaked hay wades in the cloudy woods | I |
| Engendering other dreams | H |
| Formless and soft beyond the fence it broods | H |
| Or rises as a faint and rotten musk | G |
| Out of a broken stalk | J |
| There are some things of which we seldom talk | J |
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| For instance the woman next door whom we hear at night | K |
| Claims that when she was small | L |
| She found a man stone dead near the cedar trees | H |
| After the first snowfall | M |
| The air was clear He seemed in ultimate peace | H |
| Except that he had no eyes Rigid and bright | K |
| Upon the forehead furred | K |
| With a light frost crouched an outrageous bird | K |
Anthony Evan Hecht
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