Bird Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJK LMNO PQRS| A bird came down the walk | A |
| He did not know I saw | B |
| He bit an angle worm in halves | C |
| And ate the fellow raw | D |
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| And then he drank a dew | E |
| From a convenient grass | F |
| And the hopped sideways to the wall | G |
| To let a beetle pass | F |
| - | |
| He glanced with rapid eyes | H |
| That hurried all abroad | I |
| They looked like frightened beads I thought | J |
| He stirred his velvet head | K |
| - | |
| Like one in danger cautious | L |
| I offered him a crumb | M |
| And he unrolled his feathers | N |
| And rolled him softer home | O |
| - | |
| Then oars divide the ocean | P |
| Too silver for a seam | Q |
| Or butterflies off banks of noon | R |
| Leap plashless as they swim | S |
Emily Dickinson
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