To The Saguaro Cactus Tree In The Desert Rain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DE FGHIJKCLMN GOP QRP GSPBPI had no idea the elf owl | A |
Crept into you in the secret | B |
Of night | C |
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I have torn myself out of many bitter places | D |
In America that seemed | E |
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Tall and green rooted in mid noon | F |
I wish I were the spare shadow | G |
Of the roadrunner I wish I were | H |
The honest lover of the diamondback | I |
And the tear the tarantula weeps | J |
I had no idea you were so tall | K |
And blond in moonlight | C |
I got thirsty in the factories | L |
And I hated the brutal dry suns there | M |
So I quit | N |
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You were the shadow | G |
Of a hallway | O |
In me | P |
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I have never gone through that door | Q |
But the elf owl's face | R |
Is inside me | P |
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Saguaro | G |
You are not one of the gods | S |
Your green arms lower and gather me | P |
I am an elf owl's shadow a secret | B |
Member of your family | P |
James Arlington Wright
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