Pretty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL IMNO MPOQ RSII IMTI IUVI WIIIWhy 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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