February Evening In New York Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIHJHKLMNHHOP HQH| As the stores close a winter light | A |
| opens air to iris blue | B |
| glint of frost through the smoke | C |
| grains of mica salt of the sidewalk | D |
| As the buildings close released autonomous | E |
| feet pattern the streets | F |
| in hurry and stroll balloon heads | G |
| drift and dive above them the bodies | H |
| aren't really there | I |
| As the lights brighten as the sky darkens | H |
| a woman with crooked heels says to another woman | J |
| while they step along at a fair pace | H |
| 'You know I'm telling you what I love best | K |
| is life I love life Even if I ever get | L |
| to be old and wheezy or limp You know | M |
| Limping along I'd still ' Out of hearing | N |
| To the multiple disordered tones | H |
| of gears changing a dance | H |
| to the compass points out four way river | O |
| Prospect of sky | P |
| wedged into avenues left at the ends of streets | H |
| west sky east sky more life tonight A range | Q |
| of open time at winter's outskirts | H |
Denise Levertov
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