Love Song: I And Thou Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOEPMQR QSTULVWXYZA2| Nothing is plumb level or square | A |
| the studs are bowed the joists | B |
| are shaky by nature no piece fits | C |
| any other piece without a gap | D |
| or pinch and bent nails | E |
| dance all over the surfacing | F |
| like maggots By Christ | G |
| I am no carpenter I built | H |
| the roof for myself the walls | I |
| for myself the floors | J |
| for myself and got | K |
| hung up in it myself I | L |
| danced with a purple thumb | M |
| at this house warming drunk | N |
| with my prime whiskey rage | O |
| Oh I spat rage s nails | E |
| into the frame up of my work | P |
| it held It settled plumb | M |
| level solid square and true | Q |
| for that great moment Then | R |
| it screamed and went on through | Q |
| skewing as wrong the other way | S |
| God damned it This is hell | T |
| but I planned it I sawed it | U |
| I nailed it and I | L |
| will live in it until it kills me | V |
| I can nail my left palm | W |
| to the left hand crosspiece but | X |
| I can t do everything myself | Y |
| need a hand to nail the right | Z |
| a help a love a you a wife | A2 |
Alan Dugan
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