The Ascent Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIGGJKLMNKMOB PQRQ| Some thought she had slipped the plank | A |
| glazed slick with ice or maybe | B |
| already cold beyond care | C |
| drowsy and weary bare feet | D |
| tempting a creekbed's promise | E |
| of sleep though she struggled out | F |
| her trail a handprint of stars | G |
| rising toward a dazzle of white | H |
| where sun and snow met They found | I |
| her homespun dress underclothes | G |
| before they found her her eyes | G |
| open as the sky as cold | J |
| as far away Her father | K |
| climbed the nearest tree brought down | L |
| green sprigs berries bright as blood | M |
| weaved a garland for her brow | N |
| and that was how they left her | K |
| wearing a crown unburied | M |
| knowing they'd never hunt here | O |
| or build a cabin where she | B |
| undressed left their world as death | P |
| closed around her like a room | Q |
| and she lay dying on the snow | R |
| a bride awaiting her groom | Q |
Ron Rash
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