March Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHI A JKLMNJOP JKQRSTUSFVJ A UWHXYZA2B2 YHC2VD2E2HKF2 G2H2NAUI2J2K2UXVH HL2M2UC2UN2FN2 K HUUN2O2UUP2N2UUN2UN2 UN2N2K U UHHN2Q2J HR2N2N2OSHN2N2 NUK UUU N2UU N2N2UHE2 E2S2 S2N2U BUU

IA
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Winter is long in this climateB
and spring a matter of a few daysC
only a flower or two pickedD
from mud or from among wet leavesE
or at best against treacherousF
bitterness of wind and sky shiningG
teasingly then closing in blackH
and sudden with fierce jawsI
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IIA
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MarchJ
you reminded me ofK
the pyramids our pyramidsL
stript of the polished stoneM
that used to guard themN
MarchJ
you are like Fra AngelicoO
at Fiesole painting on plasterP
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MarchJ
you are like a band ofK
young poets that have not learnedQ
the blessedness of warmthR
or have forgotten itS
At any rateT
I am moved to write poetryU
for the warmth there is in itS
and for the lonelinessF
a poem that shall have youV
in it MarchJ
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IIIA
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SeeU
Ashur ban i palW
the archer king on horse backH
in blue and yellow enamelX
with drawn bow facing lionsY
standing on their hind legsZ
fangs bared his shaftsA2
bristling in their necksB2
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Sacred bulls dragonsY
in embossed brickworkH
marching in four tiersC2
along the sacred way toV
Nebuchadnezzar's throne hallD2
They shine in the sunE2
they that have been marchingH
marching under the dust ofK
ten thousand dirt yearsF2
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NowG2
they are coming into bloom againH2
See themN
marching still bared byA
the storms from my calenderU
winds that blow back the sandI2
winds that enfilade dirtJ2
winds that by strange craftK2
have whipt up a black armyU
that by pick and shovelX
bare a procession toV
the god MardukH
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Natives cursing and diggingH
for pay unearth dragons withL2
upright tails and sacred bullsM2
alternatelyU
in four tiersC2
lining the way to an old altarU
Natives digging at old wallsN2
digging me warmth digging me sweet lonelinessF
high enamelled wallsN2
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IVK
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My second springH
passed in a monasteryU
with plaster walls in FiesoleU
on the hill above 'FlorenceN2
My second spring paintedO2
a virgin in a blue aureoleU
sitting on a three legged stoolU
arms crossedP2
she is intently seriousN2
and stillU
watching an angelU
with colored wingsN2
half kneeling before herU
and smiling the angel's eyesN2
holding the eyes of MaryU
as a snake's hold a bird'sN2
On the ground there are flowersN2
trees are in leafK
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VU
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But now for the battleU
Now for murder now for the real thingH
My third springtime is approachingH
WindsN2
lean serious as a virginQ2
seeking seeking the flowers of MarchJ
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SeekingH
flowers nowhere to be foundR2
they twine among the bare branchesN2
in insatiable eagernessN2
they whirl up the snowO
seeking under itS
they the winds snakelikeH
roar among yellow reedsN2
seeking flowers flowersN2
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I spring among themN
seeking one flowerU
in which to warm myselfK
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I deride with all the ridiculeU
of miseryU
my own starved miseryU
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Counter cutting windsN2
strike against meU
refreshing their furyU
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Come good cold fellowsN2
Have we no flowersN2
Defy then with even moreU
desperation than ever beingH
lean and frozenE2
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But though you are lean and frozenE2
think of the blue bulls of BabylonS2
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Fling yourselves uponS2
their empty rosesN2
cut savagelyU
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ButB
think of the painted monasteryU
at FiesoleU

William Carlos Williams



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