At The Bomb Testing Site Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL| At noon in the desert a panting lizard | A |
| waited for history its elbows tense | B |
| watching the curve of a particular road | C |
| as if something might happen | D |
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| It was looking at something farther off | E |
| than people could see an important scene | F |
| acted in stone for little selves | G |
| at the flute end of consequences | H |
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| There was just a continent without much on it | I |
| under a sky that never cared less | J |
| Ready for a change the elbows waited | K |
| The hands gripped hard on the desert | L |
William Stafford
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