The Weed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFCCGHIAJKLMNOPQ RCSBTUGVJCWXYZPA2B2C 2D2E2TF2G2H2I2J2K2L2 AJ2JM2N2O2BR| I dreamed that dead and meditating | A |
| I lay upon a grave or bed | B |
| at least some cold and close built bower | C |
| In the cold heart its final thought | D |
| stood frozen drawn immense and clear | E |
| stiff and idle as I was there | F |
| and we remained unchanged together | C |
| for a year a minute an hour | C |
| Suddenly there was a motion | G |
| as startling there to every sense | H |
| as an explosion Then it dropped | I |
| to insistent cautious creeping | A |
| in the region of the heart | J |
| prodding me from desperate sleep | K |
| I raised my head A slight young weed | L |
| had pushed up through the heart and its | M |
| green head was nodding on the breast | N |
| All this was in the dark | O |
| It grew an inch like a blade of grass | P |
| next one leaf shot out of its side | Q |
| a twisting waving flag and then | R |
| two leaves moved like a semaphore | C |
| The stem grew thick The nervous roots | S |
| reached to each side the graceful head | B |
| changed its position mysteriously | T |
| since there was neither sun nor moon | U |
| to catch its young attention | G |
| The rooted heart began to change | V |
| not beat and then it split apart | J |
| and from it broke a flood of water | C |
| Two rivers glanced off from the sides | W |
| one to the right one to the left | X |
| two rushing half clear streams | Y |
| the ribs made of them two cascades | Z |
| which assuredly smooth as glass | P |
| went off through the fine black grains of earth | A2 |
| The weed was almost swept away | B2 |
| it struggled with its leaves | C2 |
| lifting them fringed with heavy drops | D2 |
| A few drops fell upon my face | E2 |
| and in my eyes so I could see | T |
| or in that black place thought I saw | F2 |
| that each drop contained a light | G2 |
| a small illuminated scene | H2 |
| the weed deflected stream was made | I2 |
| itself of racing images | J2 |
| As if a river should carry all | K2 |
| the scenes that it had once reflected | L2 |
| shut in its waters and not floating | A |
| on momentary surfaces | J2 |
| The weed stood in the severed heart | J |
| What are you doing there I asked | M2 |
| It lifted its head all dripping wet | N2 |
| with my own thoughts | O2 |
| and answered then I grow it said | B |
| but to divide your heart again | R |
Elizabeth Bishop
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