Water Picture Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFFF GCHIFJKLM NOPQRSTQ UVCQWCVGXIn the pond in the park | A |
all things are doubled | B |
Long buildings hang and | C |
wriggle gently Chimneys | D |
are bent legs bouncing | E |
on clouds below A flag | F |
wags like a fishhook | F |
down there in the sky | F |
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The arched stone bridge | G |
is an eye with underlid | C |
in the water In its lens | H |
dip crinkled heads with hats | I |
that don't fall off Dogs go by | F |
barking on their backs | J |
A baby taken to feed the | K |
ducks dangles upside down | L |
a pink balloon for a buoy | M |
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Treetops deploy a haze of | N |
cherry bloom for roots | O |
where birds coast belly up | P |
in the glass bowl of a hill | Q |
from its bottom a bunch | R |
of peanut munching children | S |
is suspended by their | T |
sneakers waveringly | Q |
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A swan with twin necks | U |
forming the figure | V |
steers between two dimpled | C |
towers doubled Fondly | Q |
hissing she kisses herself | W |
and all the scene is troubled | C |
water windows splinter | V |
tree limbs tangle the bridge | G |
folds like a fan | X |
May Swenson
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