Ode To Bird Watching Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST UVWXYAZQA2XB2C2QD2E2 LF2G2H2I2QTJ2K2J2L2D C2M2N2PJ2J2O2P2Q2Q2R 2O2S2DT2U2V2W2C2J2C2 I2J2X2Y2D2X2J2I2I2J2 Z2A3J2B3Y2J2C3J2G2C2 Y2Y2TD2J2D3E3J2F3G3H 3J2I3J2C3J2J3J2K3| Now | A |
| Let's look for birds | B |
| The tall iron branches | C |
| in the forest | D |
| The dense | E |
| fertility on the ground | F |
| The world | G |
| is wet | H |
| A dewdrop or raindrop | I |
| shines | J |
| a diminutive star | K |
| among the leaves | L |
| The morning time | M |
| mother earth | N |
| is cool | O |
| The air | P |
| is like a river | Q |
| which shakes | R |
| the silence | S |
| It smells of rosemary | T |
| of space | U |
| and roots | V |
| Overhead | W |
| a crazy song | X |
| It's a bird | Y |
| How | A |
| out of its throat | Z |
| smaller than a finger | Q |
| can there fall the waters | A2 |
| of its song | X |
| Luminous ease | B2 |
| Invisible | C2 |
| power | Q |
| torrent | D2 |
| of music | E2 |
| in the leaves | L |
| Sacred conversations | F2 |
| Clean and fresh washed | G2 |
| is this | H2 |
| day resounding | I2 |
| like a green dulcimer | Q |
| I bury | T |
| my shoes | J2 |
| in the mud | K2 |
| jump over rivulets | J2 |
| A thorn | L2 |
| bites me and a gust | D |
| of air like a crystal | C2 |
| wave | M2 |
| splits up inside my chest | N2 |
| Where | P |
| are the birds | J2 |
| Maybe it was | J2 |
| that | O2 |
| rustling in the foliage | P2 |
| or that fleeting pellet | Q2 |
| of brown velvet | Q2 |
| or that displaced | R2 |
| perfume That | O2 |
| leaf that let loose cinnamon smell | S2 |
| was that a bird That dust | D |
| from an irritated magnolia | T2 |
| or that fruit | U2 |
| which fell with a thump | V2 |
| was that a flight | W2 |
| Oh invisible little | C2 |
| critters | J2 |
| birds of the devil | C2 |
| with their ringing | I2 |
| with their useless feathers | J2 |
| I only want | X2 |
| to caress them | Y2 |
| to see them resplendent | D2 |
| I don't want | X2 |
| to see under glass | J2 |
| the embalmed lightning | I2 |
| I want to see them living | I2 |
| I want to touch their gloves | J2 |
| of real hide | Z2 |
| which they never forget in | A3 |
| the branches | J2 |
| and to converse with | B3 |
| them | Y2 |
| sitting on my shoulders | J2 |
| although they may leave | C3 |
| me like certain statues | J2 |
| undeservedly whitewashed | G2 |
| Impossible | C2 |
| You can't touch them | Y2 |
| You can hear them | Y2 |
| like a heavenly | T |
| rustle or movement | D2 |
| They converse | J2 |
| with precision | D3 |
| They repeat | E3 |
| their observations | J2 |
| They brag | F3 |
| of how much they do | G3 |
| They comment | H3 |
| on everything that exists | J2 |
| They learn | I3 |
| certain sciences | J2 |
| like hydrography | C3 |
| and by a sure science | J2 |
| they know | J3 |
| where there are harvests | J2 |
| of grain | K3 |
Pablo Neruda
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Ode To Bird Watching is a poem by Pablo Neruda. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
