Invention Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DAE FDG HIJ KLM NOP| Tonight the moon is a cracker | A |
| with a bite out of it | B |
| floating in the night | C |
| - | |
| and in a week or so | D |
| according to the calendar | A |
| it will probably look | E |
| - | |
| like a silver football | F |
| and nine maybe ten days ago | D |
| it reminded me of a thin bright claw | G |
| - | |
| But eventually | H |
| by the end of the month | I |
| I reckon | J |
| - | |
| it will waste away | K |
| to nothing | L |
| nothing but stars in the sky | M |
| - | |
| and I will have a few nights | N |
| to myself | O |
| a little time to rest my jittery pen | P |
Billy Collins
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