Winter Sky Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C B D E F E G H I H J K J LIce chips plucked whole from the smoke | A |
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the past week s stars all frozen in flight | B |
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Head over heels the skater s club goes | C |
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clinking its rink with the peal of night | B |
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Step slow slower slow er skater | D |
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pride carving its trace as you race by | E |
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each turn s a constellation cut there | F |
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scratched by a skate in Norway s sky | E |
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The air is fettered in frozen iron | G |
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Oh skaters There it s all the same | H |
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that like snake s eyes set in ivory | I |
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night s on earth a domino game | H |
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that moon a numb hound s tongue | J |
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is there frozen tight that mouths like | K |
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the forgers of coins are stung | J |
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filled with lava of breathtaking ice | L |
Boris Pasternak
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