The Poet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ADCD EFC GHAH FICI JKCK LFM GHAH| 'THE blackbird's in the briar | A |
| The seagull's on the ground | B |
| They are nests and they're more than nests ' he said | C |
| 'They are tokens I have found | B |
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| There where the rain dashed briar | A |
| Marks an empty glade | D |
| The blackbird's nest is seen ' he said | C |
| 'Clay rimmed uncunningly made | D |
| - | |
| By shore of the inland lake | E |
| Where surgeless water shoves | F |
| The seagulls have their nests ' he said | C |
| 'As low as catties' hooves ' | - |
| - | |
| I heard a poet say it | G |
| The sojourner of a night | H |
| His head was up to the rafter | A |
| Where he stood in candles' light | H |
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| 'Your houses are like the seagulls' | F |
| Nests they are scattered and low | I |
| Like the blackbirds' nests in briars ' he said | C |
| 'Uncunningly made even so | I |
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| But close to the ground are reared | J |
| The wings that have widest sway | K |
| And the birds that sing best in the wood ' he said | C |
| 'Were reared with breasts to the clay | K |
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| You've wildness I've turned it to song | L |
| You've strength I've turned it to wings | F |
| The welkin's for your conquest then | M |
| The wood to your music rings ' | - |
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| I heard a poet say it | G |
| The sojourner of a night | H |
| His head was up to the rafter | A |
| Where he stood in candles' light | H |
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