Introduction To Poetry Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC D AE FG HAI JKL MN| I ask them to take a poem | A |
| and hold it up to the light | B |
| like a color slide | C |
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| or press an ear against its hive | D |
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| I say drop a mouse into a poem | A |
| and watch him probe his way out | E |
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| or walk inside the poem's room | F |
| and feel the walls for a light switch | G |
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| I want them to waterski | H |
| across the surface of a poem | A |
| waving at the author's name on the shore | I |
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| But all they want to do | J |
| is tie the poem to a chair with rope | K |
| and torture a confession out of it | L |
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| They begin beating it with a hose | M |
| to find out what it really means | N |
Billy Collins
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