Return Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACD EFGHH IJKLM NOPQR STUVW| Once more Look a spent old scarecrow | A |
| shrivelled face | B |
| straw dry shadow | A |
| swaying like a leaf | C |
| bending and swaying over books | D |
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| Once more Look a spent old crone | E |
| weaving and weaving | F |
| knitted stockings | G |
| mouth full of curses | H |
| lips forever mumbling curses | H |
| - | |
| There s the household cat | I |
| has not moved since I left | J |
| still dreaming by the stove | K |
| playing cat and mouse | L |
| in his dream | M |
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| And as ever in darkness | N |
| the spider weaves | O |
| hanging its web | P |
| full of swollen fly corpses | Q |
| in the dark west corner | R |
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| You ve not changed | S |
| All old as the hills | T |
| Nothing new | U |
| I ll join you old cronies | V |
| Together we ll rot till we stink | W |
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
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