The North Window: Bamboo And Rock Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CD EF CG CH IJ| A magisterial rock windswept and pure | A |
| and a few bamboo so lavish and green | B |
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| facing me they seem full of sincerity | C |
| I gaze into them and can't get enough | D |
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| and there's more at the north window | E |
| and along the path beside West Pond | F |
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| wind sowing bamboo clarities aplenty | C |
| rain gracing the subtle greens of moss | G |
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| My wife's still here frail and old as me | C |
| but no one else the children are gone | H |
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| Leave the window open If you close it | I |
| who'll keep us company for the night | J |
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