Original poem reprinted online here: "Boy at the Window" by Richard Wilbur Originally read: March 6, 2013 More information about the Poet: Richard Wilbur Alternating rhyme scheme in an octave form. There's a loose iamb and meter, but it's mostly iambic pentameter. And when I see a form like this, I think that both stanza work similarly like the first part of the Italian sonnet -- the questioning part, rather than the sestet -- the answering part. And I think most importantly there shouldn't be a volta, that sharp turn which changes the subject or gets to a point. I'm not writing that this poem doesn't have a point -- rather the question is the point, right? However, the first part of the poem borders on the sentimental (I keep writing borders, but one day I'll actually state that 'this is sentimental') because the whole scene in the couple of lines is a boy weeping seeing his creation -- a snow man -- melt in the rain. Also there are techn...
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