Landscapes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGAHBIAJKLM NOPQRST UVWX YJZA2B2C2D2KB2A E2HF2| The ridges either side of the valley | A |
| were covered in dark pine forest | B |
| The ploughed hill sides were red | C |
| and the pastures were very green | D |
| Constable s landscape entitled Weymouth | E |
| is always in my mind at such times | F |
| my memory of this small part of the | G |
| National Gallery surprises even me | A |
| and maybe only I know how inevitable it all is | H |
| The horsemen are riding through the forest | B |
| and at dusk they will halt on its edge | I |
| and then after checking their instructions ride carefully | A |
| down into the valley delicately picking their way | J |
| through the small wood and fording the shallow river | K |
| From then on it is not very far | L |
| to their destination We both know this | M |
| - | |
| Somehow the action has at last gone beyond | N |
| the painting and this is for real | O |
| But there can be no self flattery on this account | P |
| it has all been decided for us | Q |
| The illusions of freedom are at last | R |
| shown to be so obviously ridiculous that | S |
| most people cry at this point | T |
| - | |
| What it left is a canvas and paints | U |
| and a little time for distraction before the event | V |
| It is not so much a justification but saying | W |
| Goodbye now appears irrelevant | X |
| - | |
| All the lists and secret worlds have now been | Y |
| exposed there is little left to say | J |
| I did care and the love I claimed | Z |
| was and still is the miracle that continues | A2 |
| to astonish me I love you | B2 |
| It is only that death has forced | C2 |
| me into obeying its commands | D2 |
| I am powerless and in its power | K |
| And that s a personal statement and as true | B2 |
| I and honest as I can force the words to be | A |
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| The saddles creak and it s almost dusk | E2 |
| It doesn t really matter whether this is | H |
| the real or a symbol the end s the same | F2 |
Lee Harwood
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