The Words Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEBDDBFDGBHB HHDID JBKD| Clouds scattered across the sky nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p all so far away | A |
| and then the space between nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp this strange 'distance' | B |
| What does 'normal' mean after all nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp you move | C |
| toward the window nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp lights marking the headland | D |
| and the night becomes a milestone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp though | E |
| I nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp the fog rolls up the hill from the sea | B |
| in waves the town nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp desperate | D |
| Whichever way we look nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp though so much at hand | D |
| only held back by obsessions | B |
| but 'home' is so long ago nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p don't cry | F |
| the light's a very pale blue nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp then maybe nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp the next time too | D |
| a faint glimmer across the bay nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p neither moon | G |
| nor stars | B |
| and your letter making signs nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp concerning 'understanding' | H |
| and 'the magic tortoise' nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp what then nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp or just tiredness | B |
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| At each alternative nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp the colours in the sky | H |
| gradually changing nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp until you're lulled into believing | H |
| you've seen this before nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp but not quite | D |
| The wood cut of a lone horseman | I |
| riding through a deathly countryside nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp raped | D |
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| 'You're very brave' nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp I clean the table top | J |
| and you sat in that chair nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp two red poppies | B |
| in the garden below nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp at dawn | K |
| This apparent clumsiness is far from true | D |
Lee Harwood
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