Allegiances Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL MNOC| It is time for all the heroes to go home | A |
| if they have any time for all of us common ones | B |
| to locate ourselves by the real things | C |
| we live by | D |
| - | |
| Far to the north or indeed in any direction | E |
| strange mountains and creatures have always lurked | F |
| elves goblins trolls and spiders we | G |
| encounter them in dread and wonder | H |
| - | |
| But once we have tasted far streams touched the gold | I |
| found some limit beyond the waterfall | J |
| a season changes and we come back changed | K |
| but safe quiet grateful | L |
| - | |
| Suppose an insane wind holds all the hills | M |
| while strange beliefs whine at the traveler's ears | N |
| we ordinary beings can cling to the earth and love | O |
| where we are sturdy for common things | C |
William Stafford
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