The Moment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF FGBFHI JKJGFL| The moment when after many years | A |
| of hard work and a long voyage | B |
| you stand in the centre of your room | C |
| house half acre square mile island country | D |
| knowing at last how you got there | E |
| and say I own this | F |
| - | |
| is the same moment when the trees unloose | F |
| their soft arms from around you | G |
| the birds take back their language | B |
| the cliffs fissure and collapse | F |
| the air moves back from you like a wave | H |
| and you can't breathe | I |
| - | |
| No they whisper You own nothing | J |
| You were a visitor time after time | K |
| climbing the hill planting the flag proclaiming | J |
| We never belonged to you | G |
| You never found us | F |
| It was always the other way round | L |
Margaret Atwood
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