The Woods At Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF GHIG JKLJ JMNO PMJJ| The binocular owl | A |
| fastened to a limb | B |
| like a lantern | C |
| all night long | D |
| - | |
| sees where all | E |
| the other birds sleep | F |
| towhee under leaves | G |
| titmouse deep | F |
| - | |
| in a twighouse | G |
| sapsucker gripped | H |
| to a knothole lip | I |
| redwing in the reeds | G |
| - | |
| swallow in the willow | J |
| flicker in the oak | K |
| but cannot see poor | L |
| whippoorwill | J |
| - | |
| under the hill | J |
| in deadbrush nest | M |
| who's awake too | N |
| with stricken eye | O |
| - | |
| flayed by the moon | P |
| her brindled breast | M |
| repeats repeats repeats its plea | J |
| for cruelty | J |
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