Five Flights Up Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHI JBKLM NOPQRS TUVWHX| Still dark | A |
| The unknown bird sits on his usual branch | B |
| The little dog next door barks in his sleep | C |
| inquiringly just once | D |
| Perhaps in his sleep too the bird inquires | E |
| once or twice quavering | F |
| Questions if that is what they are | G |
| answered directly simply | H |
| by day itself | I |
| - | |
| Enormous morning ponderous meticulous | J |
| gray light streaking each bare branch | B |
| each single twig along one side | K |
| making another tree of glassy veins | L |
| The bird still sits there Now he seems to yawn | M |
| - | |
| The little black dog runs in his yard | N |
| His owner's voice arises stern | O |
| You ought to be ashamed | P |
| What has he done | Q |
| He bounces cheerfully up and down | R |
| he rushes in circles in the fallen leaves | S |
| - | |
| Obviously he has no sense of shame | T |
| He and the bird know everything is answered | U |
| all taken care of | V |
| no need to ask again | W |
| Yesterday brought to today so lightly | H |
| A yesterday I find almost impossible to lift | X |
Elizabeth Bishop
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