Pretty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL IMNO MPOQ RSII IMTI IUVI WIII

Why is the word pretty so underratedA
In November the leaf is pretty when it fallsB
The stream grows deep in the woods after rainC
And in the pretty pool the pike stalksD
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He stalks his prey and this is pretty tooE
The prey escapes with an underwater flashF
But not for long the great has him nowG
The pike is a fish who always has his preyH
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And this is pretty The water rat is prettyI
His paws are not webbed he cannot shut his nostrilsJ
As the otter can and the beaver he is torn betweenK
The land water Not 'torn he does not mindL
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The owl hunts in the evening and it is prettyI
The lake water below him rustles with iceM
There is frost coming from the ground in the air mistN
All this is pretty it could not be prettierO
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Yes it could always be prettier the eye abashesM
It is becoming an eye that cannot see enoughP
Out of the wood the eye climbs This is prettierO
A field in the evening tilting upQ
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The field tilts to the sky Though it is lateR
The sky is lighter than the hill fieldS
All this looks easy but really it is extraordinaryI
Well it is extraordinary to be so prettyI
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And it is careless and that is always prettyI
This field this owl this pike this pool are carelessM
As Nature is always careless and indifferentT
Who sees who steps means nothing and this is prettyI
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So a person can come along like a thief prettyI
Stealing a look pinching the sound and feelU
Lick the icicle broken from the bankV
And still say nothing at all only cry prettyI
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Cry pretty pretty pretty and you'll be ableW
Very soon not even to cry prettyI
And so to be delivered entirely from humanityI
This is prettiest of all it is very prettyI

Stevie Smith



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