The Old Prison Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ADDD EFGF HAIA JKLK

The rows of cells are unroofedA
a flute for the wind's mouthB
who comes with a breath of iceC
from the blue caves of the southB
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O dark and fierce dayA
the wind like an angry beeD
hunts for the black honeyD
in the pits of the hollow seaD
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Waves of shadow washE
the empty shell bone bareF
and like a bone it singsG
a bitter song of airF
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Who built and laboured hereH
The wind and the sea sayA
Their cold nest is brokenI
and they are blown awayA
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They did not breed nor loveJ
each in his cell aloneK
cried as the wind now criesL
through this flute of stoneK

Judith Wright



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