Ascent To The Sierras Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJK LMNJJAOPQRJSTUVWXYZA 2RB2C2OD2JE2 F2| Beyond the great valley an odd instinctive rising | A |
| Begins to possess the ground the flatness gathers | B |
| to little humps and | C |
| barrows low aimless ridges | D |
| A sudden violence of rock crowns them The crowded | E |
| orchards end they | F |
| have come to a stone knife | G |
| The farms are finished the sudden foot of the | H |
| slerra Hill over hill | I |
| snow ridge beyond mountain gather | J |
| The blue air of their height about them | K |
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| Here at the foot of the pass | L |
| The fierce clans of the mountain you'd think for | M |
| thousands of years | N |
| Men with harsh mouths and eyes like the eagles' hunger | J |
| Have gathered among these rocks at the dead hour | J |
| Of the morning star and the stars waning | A |
| To raid the plain and at moonrise returning driven | O |
| Their scared booty to the highlands the tossing horns | P |
| And glazed eyes in the light of torches The men have | Q |
| looked back | R |
| Standing above these rock heads to bark laughter | J |
| At the burning granaries and the farms and the town | S |
| That sow the dark flat land with terrible rubies | T |
| lighting the dead | U |
| It is not true from this land | V |
| The curse was lifted the highlands have kept peace | W |
| with the valleys no | X |
| blood in the sod there is no old sword | Y |
| Keeping grim rust no primal sorrow The people are | Z |
| all one people their | A2 |
| homes never knew harrying | R |
| The tribes before them were acorn eaters harmless | B2 |
| as deer Oh fortunate | C2 |
| earth you must find someone | O |
| To make you bitter music how else will you take bonds | D2 |
| of the future | J |
| against the wolf in men's hearts | E2 |
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| Submitted by Holt | F2 |
Robinson Jeffers
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