Toad Dreams Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FBGHIIBFJKLCMNOPFQKA| That afternoon the dream of the toads | A |
| rang through the elms by Little River | B |
| and affected the thoughts of men | C |
| though they were not conscious that | D |
| they heard it Henry Thoreau | E |
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| The dream of toads we rarely | F |
| credit what we consider lesser | B |
| life with emotions big as ours | G |
| but we are easily distracted | H |
| abstracted People sit nibbling | I |
| before television's flicker watching | I |
| ghosts chase balls and each other | B |
| while the skunk is out risking grisly | F |
| death to cross the highway to mate | J |
| while the fox scales the wire fence | K |
| where it knows the shotgun lurks | L |
| to taste the sweet blood of a hen | C |
| Birds are greedy little bombs | M |
| bursting to give voice to appetite | N |
| I had a cat who died of love | O |
| Dogs trail their masters across con | P |
| tinents We are far too busy | F |
| to be starkly simple in passion | Q |
| We will never dream the intense | K |
| wet spring lust of the toads | A |
Marge Piercy
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