The Ghetto: A Mother Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGHI JJKLM M| Cuddling in the arms her half asphyxiated baby howling | A |
| she ran up the staircase of the apartment building that was set ablaze | B |
| From the first floor to the second | C |
| From the second to the third | D |
| From the third to the fourth | E |
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| Until she had jumped onto the roof | F |
| There having choked with air clinging to the chimney | G |
| she looked down from where she could hear | H |
| the crackle of flames which were reaching higher and higher | I |
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| And then she became motionless and silent | J |
| She kept silent to the end till the moment | J |
| at which she suddenly clenched her eyelids | K |
| stepped to the roof edge and throwing forward her arms | L |
| she dropped her baby down | M |
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| Two seconds earlier than she herself leapt down | M |
Anna Swirszczynska
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