The Great Black Heron Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCABDECFGCHIJCCKALK KCCMCA| Since I stroll in the woods more often | A |
| than on this frequented path it's usually | B |
| trees I observe but among fellow humans | C |
| what I like best is to see an old woman | A |
| fishing alone at the end of a jetty | B |
| hours on end plainly content | D |
| The Russians mushroom hunting after a rain | E |
| trail after themselves a world of red sarafans | C |
| nightingales samovars stoves to sleep on | F |
| though without doubt those are not | G |
| what they can remember Vietnamese families | C |
| fishing or simply sitting as close as they can | H |
| to the water make me recall that lake in Hanoi | I |
| in the amber light our first jet lagged evening | J |
| peace in the war we had come to witness | C |
| This woman engaged in her pleasure evokes | C |
| an entire culture tenacious field flower | K |
| growing itself among the rows of cotton | A |
| in red earth country under the feet | L |
| of mules and masters I see her | K |
| a barefoot child by a muddy river | K |
| learning her skill with the pole What battles | C |
| has she survived what labors | C |
| She's gathered up all the time in the world | M |
| nothing else and waits for scanty trophies | C |
| complete in herself as a heron | A |
Denise Levertov
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