Chemin De Fer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIJ KLML KNOP| Alone on the railroad track | A |
| I walked with pounding heart | B |
| The ties were too close together | C |
| or maybe too far apart | B |
| - | |
| The scenery was impoverished | D |
| scrub pine and oak beyond | E |
| its mingled gray green foliage | F |
| I saw the little pond | E |
| - | |
| where the dirty old hermit lives | G |
| lie like an old tear | H |
| holding onto its injuries | I |
| lucidly year after year | J |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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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