Fishermen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQKR STULV| When three he fished these lakes | A |
| Curled sleeping on a lip of rock | B |
| Crib blankets tucked from ants and fishbone flies | C |
| Twitching as the strike of bass and snarling reel | D |
| Uncoiled my shouts not quit | E |
| Till he jerked blinking up on all fours | F |
| Swaying with the winking leaves | G |
| Strong awake he shook his cane pole like a spoon | H |
| And dipped among the wagging perch | I |
| Till tired he drew his silver rubber blade | J |
| And poked the winding fins that tugged our string | K |
| Or sprayed the dimpling minnows with his plastic gun | L |
| Or rainstruck squirmed to my armpit in the poncho | M |
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| Then years uncurled him thinned him hard | N |
| Now far he cast his line into the wrinkled blue | O |
| And easy toes a rock reel on his thigh | P |
| Till bone and crank cry out the strike | Q |
| He takes with manchild chuckles cunning | K |
| In his play of zigzag line and plunging silver | R |
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| Now fishing far from me he strides through rain shoulders | S |
| A spiny ridge of pines and disappears | T |
| Near lakes that cannot be while I must choose | U |
| To go or stay bring blanket blade and gun | L |
| Or stand a fisherman | V |
James A. Emanuel
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