Journey Into The Interior Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGCHIEFFJCEC| In the long journey out of the self | A |
| There are many detours washed out interrupted raw places | B |
| Where the shale slides dangerously | C |
| And the back wheels hang almost over the edge | D |
| At the sudden veering the moment of turning | E |
| Better to hug close wary of rubble and falling stones | F |
| The arroyo cracking the road the wind bitten buttes the canyons | G |
| Creeks swollen in midsummer from the flash flood roaring into the narrow valley | C |
| Reeds beaten flat by wind and rain | H |
| Grey from the long winter burnt at the base in late summer | I |
| Or the path narrowing | E |
| Winding upward toward the stream with its sharp stones | F |
| The upland of alder and birchtrees | F |
| Through the swamp alive with quicksand | J |
| The way blocked at last by a fallen fir tree | C |
| The thickets darkening | E |
| The ravines ugly | C |
Theodore Roethke
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