The Balloon. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFG HIJI KLML NOP| You've seen balloons set haven't you | A |
| So stately they ascend | B |
| It is as swans discarded you | A |
| For duties diamond | C |
| - | |
| Their liquid feet go softly out | D |
| Upon a sea of blond | E |
| They spurn the air as 't were too mean | F |
| For creatures so renowned | G |
| - | |
| Their ribbons just beyond the eye | H |
| They struggle some for breath | I |
| And yet the crowd applauds below | J |
| They would not encore death | I |
| - | |
| The gilded creature strains and spins | K |
| Trips frantic in a tree | L |
| Tears open her imperial veins | M |
| And tumbles in the sea | L |
| - | |
| The crowd retire with an oath | N |
| The dust in streets goes down | O |
| And clerks in counting rooms observe | P |
| ''T was only a balloon ' | - |
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
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