Wanting The Moon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BC AD EF GH EI JK LM NO D| Not the moon A flower | A |
| on the other side of the water | A |
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| The water sweeps past in flood | B |
| dragging a whole tree by the hair | C |
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| a barn a bridge The flower | A |
| sings on the far bank | D |
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| Not a flower a bird calling | E |
| hidden among the darkest trees music | F |
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| over the water making a silence | G |
| out of the brown folds of the river's cloak | H |
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| The moon No a young man walking | E |
| under the trees There are lanterns | I |
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| among the leaves | J |
| Tender wise merry | K |
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| his face is awake with its own light | L |
| I see it across the water as if close up | M |
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| A jester The music rings from his bells | N |
| gravely a tune of sorrow | O |
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| I dance to it on my riverbank | D |
Denise Levertov
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