Settling Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGFCHIJKGL| I was welcomed here clear gold | A |
| of late summer of opening autumn | B |
| the dawn eagle sunning himself on the highest tree | C |
| the mountain revealing herself unclouded her snow | D |
| tinted apricot as she looked west | E |
| Tolerant in her steadfastness of the restless sun | F |
| forever rising and setting | G |
| Now I am given | F |
| a taste of the grey foretold by all and sundry | C |
| a grey both heavy and chill I've boasted I would not care | H |
| I'm London born And I won't I'll dig in | I |
| into my days having come here to live not to visit | J |
| Grey is the price | K |
| of neighboring with eagles of knowing | G |
| a mountain's vast presence seen or unseen | L |
Denise Levertov
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