The Mourning After The Morning After Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DD CEC FF FGF HH CGI JJ FKL MM| The day came slowly as I peered out from behind my eyes | A |
| There was no noise only nonsense | B |
| The sunrise had chosen not to wait for me | C |
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| He was needless of my acquaintance as he clambered over the hill | D |
| As the day was yet still | D |
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| A forlorn bottle lay reposing on the floor beside me for company | C |
| His once golden torso now appeared transparent and vacant | E |
| He cast his wide open eye over me curiously | C |
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| I wondered what he wondered what he thought | F |
| I expect it was nought | F |
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| Far away in the kitchen the coffee pot murmured and babbled | F |
| His familiar fragrance filling the morning air | G |
| As I thought of the blackness that he embodied | F |
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| I recalled the blackness of the night before | H |
| As I lay on the floor | H |
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| Suddenly a feminine voice cried Coffee | C |
| Her unfamiliar fragrance filling the morning air | G |
| Where the hell did she come from | I |
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| Oh well | J |
| Time will tell | J |
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| I cautiously attempted to stand | F |
| Stumbling across to the table in the next room | K |
| I resolved never to partake of such a thing again | L |
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| This morning of abject sorrow | M |
| At least not until tomorrow | M |
Alan S Jeeves
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