On A Cape May Warbler Who Flew Against My Window Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIEE EEEJ KCLM| She's stopped in her southern tracks | A |
| Brought haply to this hard knock | B |
| When she shoots from the tall spruce | C |
| And snaps her neck on the glass | D |
| - | |
| From the fall grass I gather her | E |
| And give her to my silent children | F |
| Who give her a decent burial | G |
| Under the dogwood in the garden | F |
| - | |
| They lay their gifs in the grave | H |
| Matches a clothes peg a coin | I |
| Fire paper for her sprinkle her | E |
| With water fold earth over her | E |
| - | |
| She is out of her element forever | E |
| Who was air's high spirited daughter | E |
| What guardian wings can I conjure | E |
| Over my own young their migrations | J |
| - | |
| The children retreat indoors | K |
| Shadows flicker in the tall spruce | C |
| Small birds flicker like shadows | L |
| Ghosts come nest in my branches | M |
Eamon Grennan
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
<< Cat Scat Poem
Art Poem>>
Write your comment about On A Cape May Warbler Who Flew Against My Window poem by Eamon Grennan
Best Poems of Eamon Grennan