To Waken An Old Lady Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFDGHIFJKLFMNO| Old age is | A |
| a flight of small | B |
| cheeping birds | C |
| skimming | D |
| bare trees | E |
| above a snow glaze | F |
| Gaining and failing | D |
| they are buffeted | G |
| by a dark wind | H |
| But what | I |
| On harsh weedstalks | F |
| the flock has rested | J |
| the snow | K |
| is covered with broken | L |
| seedhusks | F |
| and the wind tempered | M |
| by a shrill | N |
| piping of plenty | O |
William Carlos Williams
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