For Bartleby The Scrivener Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB C DEF GH IJKL MN OFP QBRS| Every time we get a big gale around here | A |
| some people just refuse to batten down | B |
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| we estimate that | C |
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| ice skating into a sixty | D |
| mile an hour wind fully exerting | E |
| the legs and swinging arms | F |
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| you will be pushed backward | G |
| an inch every twenty minutes | H |
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| in a few days depending on | I |
| the size of the lake | J |
| the backs of your skates | K |
| will touch land | L |
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| you will then fall on your ass | M |
| and be blown into the forest | N |
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| if you gather enough speed | O |
| by flapping your arms | F |
| and keeping your skates pointed | P |
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| you will catch up to other | Q |
| flying people who refused to batten down | B |
| you will exchange knowing waves | R |
| as you ride the great wind north | S |
Billy Collins
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