Swifts (2) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFE GDHD| At twilight the swifts have no power | A |
| to hold back that pale blue coolness | B |
| It bursts from throats a clamour | A |
| an outpour that can t grow less | C |
| - | |
| The swifts have no way high | D |
| up there overhead of restraining | E |
| their clarion cries O triumph | F |
| see see how the earth s receding | E |
| - | |
| Like steam from a boiling kettle | G |
| the furious flow rushes by | D |
| See see no space for the earth | H |
| between the ravine and the sky | D |
Boris Pasternak
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