Duck At Haldon Ponds Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB BC DEF BBG AHC IJI| At evening watches the duck | A |
| slow feeding the waterline | B |
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| Praises the duck Such a fine | B |
| white miracle breasting the mayfly | C |
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| Green of her tail feathers | D |
| space of her neck doubled in water | E |
| paddles off with my mind | F |
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| Ducks I have known | B |
| Old duck mates of mine | B |
| inspecting the meeting of air and liquid | G |
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| Make no mistake duck | A |
| I'd like to eat you well cooked | H |
| one bell battered Sunday in April | C |
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| And I'd wear your gorgeous feathers in my hat | I |
| make a soup of the bones | J |
| and give your leftovers to the cat | I |
Ken Smith
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