Winter Poem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRQQ SH| Tonight the wind gnaws with teeth of glass | A |
| The jackdaw shivers in caged branches of iron | B |
| The stars have talons | C |
| There is hunger in the mouth of vole and badger | D |
| Silver agonies of breath in the nostril of the fox | E |
| Ice on the rabbit s paw | F |
| Tonight has no moon no food for the pilgrim | G |
| The fruit tree is bare the rose bush a thorn | H |
| And the ground is bitter with stones | I |
| But the mole sleeps and the hedgehog lies curled in a womb of leaves | J |
| And the bean and the wheat seed hug their germs in the earth | K |
| And a stream moves under the ice | L |
| Tonight there is no moon | M |
| But a star opens like a trumpet over the dead | N |
| And tonight in a nest of ruins the blessed babe is laid | O |
| And the fir tree warms to a bloom of candles | P |
| And the child lights his lantern and stares at his tinsel toy | Q |
| And our hearts and hearths smoulder with live ashes | R |
| In the blood of our grief the cold earth is suckled | Q |
| In our agony the womb convulses its seed | Q |
| And in the last cry of anguish | S |
| The child s first breath is born | H |
Laurie Lee
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