A Thunder-storm. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IBJK LMNG ODPQThe wind begun to rock the grass | A |
With threatening tunes and low | B |
He flung a menace at the earth | C |
A menace at the sky | D |
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The leaves unhooked themselves from trees | E |
And started all abroad | F |
The dust did scoop itself like hands | G |
And throw away the road | H |
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The wagons quickened on the streets | I |
The thunder hurried slow | B |
The lightning showed a yellow beak | J |
And then a livid claw | K |
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The birds put up the bars to nests | L |
The cattle fled to barns | M |
There came one drop of giant rain | N |
And then as if the hands | G |
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That held the dams had parted hold | O |
The waters wrecked the sky | D |
But overlooked my father's house | P |
Just quartering a tree | Q |
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
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