On Hurricane Jackson Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJBK| Now his nose s bridge is broken one eye | A |
| will not focus and the other is a stray | B |
| trainers whisper in his mouth while one ear | C |
| listens to itself clenched like a fist | D |
| generally shadowboxing in a smoky room | E |
| his mind hides like the aching boys | F |
| who lost a contest in the Panhellenic games | G |
| and had to take the back roads home | H |
| but someone else his perfect youth | I |
| laureled in newsprint and dollar bills | J |
| triumphs forever on the great white way | B |
| to the statistical Sparta of the champs | K |
Alan Dugan
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Bink Owen: This is simply a stunning character portrayal of a boxer. What a delicious study! I once used this poem in a high school Humanities class--the students, all of them, were so captivated by the concrete imagery of a boxer. The athlete, like Updike's "Ex-Basketball Player."
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