The Métier Of Blossoming Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNBOP QRSTQUVWXYQBZA2B2C2C 2| Fully occupied with growing that's | A |
| the amaryllis Growing especially | B |
| at night it would take | C |
| only a bit more patience than I've got | D |
| to sit keeping watch with it till daylight | E |
| the naked eye could register every hour's | F |
| increase in height Like a child against a barn door | G |
| proudly topping each year's achievement | H |
| steadily up | I |
| goes each green stem smooth matte | J |
| traces of reddish purple at the base and almost | K |
| imperceptible vertical ridges | L |
| running the length of them | M |
| Two robust stems from each bulb | N |
| sometimes with sturdy leaves for company | B |
| elegant sweeps of blade with rounded points | O |
| Aloft the gravid buds shiny with fullness | P |
| - | |
| One morning and so soon the first flower | Q |
| has opened when you wake Or you catch it poised | R |
| in a single brief | S |
| moment of hesitation | T |
| Next day another | Q |
| shy at first like a foal | U |
| even a third a fourth | V |
| carried triumphantly at the summit | W |
| of those strong columns and each | X |
| a Juno calm in brilliance | Y |
| a maiden giantess in modest splendor | Q |
| If humans could be | B |
| that intensely whole undistracted unhurried | Z |
| swift from sheer | A2 |
| unswerving impetus If we could blossom | B2 |
| out of ourselves giving | C2 |
| nothing imperfect withholding nothing | C2 |
Denise Levertov
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