Pretty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL IMNO MPOQ RSII IMTI IUVI WIII| Why is the word pretty so underrated | A |
| In November the leaf is pretty when it falls | B |
| The stream grows deep in the woods after rain | C |
| And in the pretty pool the pike stalks | D |
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| He stalks his prey and this is pretty too | E |
| The prey escapes with an underwater flash | F |
| But not for long the great has him now | G |
| The pike is a fish who always has his prey | H |
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| And this is pretty The water rat is pretty | I |
| His paws are not webbed he cannot shut his nostrils | J |
| As the otter can and the beaver he is torn between | K |
| The land water Not 'torn he does not mind | L |
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| The owl hunts in the evening and it is pretty | I |
| The lake water below him rustles with ice | M |
| There is frost coming from the ground in the air mist | N |
| All this is pretty it could not be prettier | O |
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| Yes it could always be prettier the eye abashes | M |
| It is becoming an eye that cannot see enough | P |
| Out of the wood the eye climbs This is prettier | O |
| A field in the evening tilting up | Q |
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| The field tilts to the sky Though it is late | R |
| The sky is lighter than the hill field | S |
| All this looks easy but really it is extraordinary | I |
| Well it is extraordinary to be so pretty | I |
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| And it is careless and that is always pretty | I |
| This field this owl this pike this pool are careless | M |
| As Nature is always careless and indifferent | T |
| Who sees who steps means nothing and this is pretty | I |
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| So a person can come along like a thief pretty | I |
| Stealing a look pinching the sound and feel | U |
| Lick the icicle broken from the bank | V |
| And still say nothing at all only cry pretty | I |
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| Cry pretty pretty pretty and you'll be able | W |
| Very soon not even to cry pretty | I |
| And so to be delivered entirely from humanity | I |
| This is prettiest of all it is very pretty | I |
Stevie Smith
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