Thirteen Blackbirds Looking At A Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGH A IIJKLMH A NIOPDCM F DKAM F QRSTU A SSSVM A SSNG A WFXSYS S ZDNA2B2T S C2C2MSD S NTSSD2 S SNSSE2F2 S SSG2DH2

IA
-
It is calmB
It is as thoughC
we lived in a gardenD
that had not yet arrivedE
at the knowledge ofF
good and evilG
But there is a man in itH
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IIA
-
There will beI
rain falling verticallyI
from an indifferentJ
sky There will stare outK
from behind itsL
bars the face of the manM
who is not enjoying itH
-
IIIA
-
Nothing higherN
than a blackberryI
bush As the sun comes upO
fresh what is the darknessP
stretching from horizonD
to horizon It is the shadowC
here of the forked manM
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IVF
-
We have eatenD
the blackberries and spat outK
the seeds but they lieA
glittering like the eyes of a manM
-
VF
-
After we have stoppedQ
singing the garden is disturbedR
by echoes It isS
the man whistling expectingT
everything to come to himU
-
VIA
-
We wipe our beaksS
on the branchesS
wasting the dawn'sS
jewellery to get ridV
of the taste of a manM
-
VIIA
-
NeverthelessS
which is not the caseS
with a man ourN
bills give us no troubleG
-
VIIIA
-
Who said theW
number was unluckyF
It was a man whoX
trying to pass usS
had his licence endorsedY
thirteen timesS
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IXS
-
In the coolZ
of the day the gardenD
seems given overN
to blackbirds YetA2
we know also that somewhereB2
there is a man in hidingT
-
XS
-
To us there areC2
eggs and there areC2
blackbirds But there is the manM
too trying without feathersS
to incubate a solutionD
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XIS
-
We spread ourN
wings reticulatingT
our air space A man standsS
under us and worriesS
at his ability to do the sameD2
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XIIS
-
When night comesS
like a visitorN
from outer spaceS
we stop our earsS
lest we should hear tellE2
of the man in the moonF2
-
XIIIS
-
Summer isS
at an end The migrantsS
depart When they returnG2
in spring to the gardenD
will there be a man among themH2

Ronald Stuart Thomas



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