Mount Kearsarge Shines Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD BEFC BGBH IJKL MNOP JQBR| Mount Kearsarge shines with ice from hemlock branches | A |
| snow slides onto snow no stream creek or river | B |
| budges but remains still Tonight | C |
| we carry armloads of logs | D |
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| from woodshed to Glenwood and build up the fire | B |
| that keeps the coldest night outside our windows | E |
| Sit by the woodstove Camilla | F |
| while I bring glasses of white | C |
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| and we'll talk passing the time about weather | B |
| without pretending that we can alter it | G |
| Storms stop when they stop no sooner | B |
| leaving the birches glossy | H |
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| with ice and bent glittering to rimy ground | I |
| We'll avoid the programmed weatherman grinning | J |
| from the box cheerful with tempest | K |
| and take the day as it comes | L |
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| one day at a time the way everyone says | M |
| These hours are the best because we hold them close | N |
| in our uxorious nation | O |
| Soon we'll walk when days turn fair | P |
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| and frost stays off over old roads listening | J |
| for peepers as spring comes on never to miss | Q |
| the day's offering of pleasure | B |
| for the government of two | R |
Donald Hall
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[email protected]: Mr. Hall is 'new' to me. I stumbled upon him at a familiar website. I relate to nature and weathermen in this poem However the repeated symbol in a few lines leave me with a headscratch. I'll give him a few more chances to move me.
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