Chemin De Fer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIJ KLML KNOPAlone on the railroad track | A |
I walked with pounding heart | B |
The ties were too close together | C |
or maybe too far apart | B |
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The scenery was impoverished | D |
scrub pine and oak beyond | E |
its mingled gray green foliage | F |
I saw the little pond | E |
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where the dirty old hermit lives | G |
lie like an old tear | H |
holding onto its injuries | I |
lucidly year after year | J |
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The hermit shot off his shot gun | K |
and the tree by his cabin shook | L |
Over the pond went a ripple | M |
The pet hen went chook chook | L |
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Love should be put into action | K |
screamed the old hermit | N |
Across the pond an echo | O |
tried and tried to confirm it | P |
Elizabeth Bishop
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