Vulture Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBEFGHIJKLMNOFPQR STU| I had walked since dawn and lay down to rest on a bare hillside | A |
| Above the ocean I saw through half shut eyelids a vulture wheeling | B |
| high up in heaven | C |
| And presently it passed again but lower and nearer its orbit | D |
| narrowing | B |
| I understood then | E |
| That I was under inspection I lay death still and heard the flight | F |
| feathers | G |
| Whistle above me and make their circle and come nearer | H |
| I could see the naked red head between the great wings | I |
| Bear downward staring I said 'My dear bird we are wasting time | J |
| here | K |
| These old bones will still work they are not for you ' But how | L |
| beautiful | M |
| he looked gliding down | N |
| On those great sails how beautiful he looked veering away in the | O |
| sea light | F |
| over the precipice I tell you solemnly | P |
| That I was sorry to have disappointed him To be eaten by that beak | Q |
| and | R |
| become part of him to share those wings and those eyes | S |
| What a sublime end of one's body what an enskyment what a life | T |
| after death | U |
Robinson Jeffers
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J klosinski: This poem really speaks to me. I so wish I could gift my body to these great birds when I am finished with it.
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