From The Roof Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAC DBBBCE AEFBGHCC ICABBAJAJAKL MLA| This wild night gathering the washing as if it were flowers | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp animal vines twisting over the line and | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp slapping my face lightly soundless merriment | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp in the gesticulations of shirtsleeves | A |
| I recall out of my joy a night of misery | C |
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| walking in the dark and the wind over broken earth | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp halfmade foundations and unfinished | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp drainage trenches and the spaced out | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp circles of glaring light | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp nbsp nbsp marking streets that were to be | C |
| walking with you but so far from you | E |
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| and now alone in October's | A |
| first decision towards winter so close to you | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp nbsp nbsp my arms full of playful rebellious linen a freighter | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp going down river two blocks away outward bound | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp the green wolf eyes of the Harborside Terminal | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp glittering on the Jersey shore | H |
| and a train somewhere under ground bringing you towards me | C |
| to our new living place from which we can see | C |
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| a river and its traffic the Hudson and the | I |
| hidden river who can say which it is we see we see | C |
| something of both Or who can say | A |
| the crippled broom vendor yesterday who passed | B |
| just as we needed a new broom was not | B |
| one of the Hidden Ones | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp Crates of fruit are unloading | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp across the street on the cobbles | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp and a brazier flaring | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp to warm the men and burn trash He wished us | A |
| luck when we bought the broom But not luck | K |
| brought us here By design | L |
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| clean air and cold wind polish | M |
| the river lights by design | L |
| we are to live now in a new place | A |
Denise Levertov
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