Bert Kessler Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLKMNOPQIG| I winged my bird | A |
| Though he flew toward the setting sun | B |
| But just as the shot rang out he soared | C |
| Up and up through the splinters of golden light | D |
| Till he turned right over feathers ruffled | E |
| With some of the down of him floating near | F |
| And fell like a plummet into the grass | G |
| I tramped about parting the tangles | H |
| Till I saw a splash of blood on a stump | I |
| And the quail lying close to the rotten roots | J |
| I reached my hand but saw no brier | K |
| But something pricked and stung and numbed it | L |
| And then in a second I spied the rattler | K |
| The shutters wide in his yellow eyes | M |
| The head of him arched sunk back in the rings of him | N |
| A circle of filth the color of ashes | O |
| Or oak leaves bleached under layers of leaves | P |
| I stood like a stone as he shrank and uncoiled | Q |
| And started to crawl beneath the stump | I |
| When I fell limp in the grass | G |
Edgar Lee Masters
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