A Tall, Strapping Shot, You, Considerate Hunter... Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDF DGHIA tall strapping shot you considerate hunter | A |
Phantom with gun at the flood of my soul | B |
Do not destroy me now as a traitor | A |
As fodder for feeling crumbled up small | C |
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Grant me destruction rising and soaring | D |
Dress me at night in the willow and ice | E |
Start me I pray from the reeds in the morning | D |
Finish me off with one shot in my flight | F |
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And for this lofty and resonant parting | D |
Thank you Forgive me I kiss you oh hands | G |
Of my neglected my disregarded | H |
Homeland my diffidence family friends | I |
Boris Pasternak
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