The Only Day In Existence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLM GNGOPGAQAARSL| The early sun is so pale and shadowy | A |
| I could be looking up at a ghost | B |
| in the shape of a window | C |
| a tall rectangular spirit | D |
| looking down at me in bed | E |
| about to demand that I avenge | F |
| the murder of my father | G |
| But the morning light is only the first line | H |
| in the play of this day | I |
| the only day in existence | J |
| the opening chord of its long song | K |
| or think of what is permeating | L |
| the thin bedroom curtains | M |
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| as the beginning of a lecture | G |
| I will listen to until it is dark | N |
| a curious student in a V neck sweater | G |
| angled into the wooden chair of his life | O |
| ready with notebook and a chewed up pencil | P |
| quiet as a goldfish in winter | G |
| serious as a compass at sea | A |
| eager to absorb whatever lesson | Q |
| this damp overcast Tuesday | A |
| has to teach me | A |
| here in the spacious classroom of the world | R |
| with its long walls of glass | S |
| its heavy low hung ceiling | L |
Billy Collins
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