For Three Whose Reflex Was Yes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEADBFGHIBBBJKLM NKO| Nobody I know is a god A mother and son | A |
| fall into the river's million hands the river's | B |
| smash and grab They go under climb the ropeless | B |
| water up wave open their mouths and scream | C |
| wet silences as they slide back under | D |
| A man jumps in to save them leaves the edge | E |
| as a needle into the river's muddy sinews a woman | A |
| jumps in to save his vanishing and the mother | D |
| and son and is stripped by the flood her pants | B |
| drowning right beside her another man jumps in | F |
| to save them all and a woman jumps in after him | G |
| to save them all plus one cars arrive and people | H |
| get out and leap into the river the river's being filled | I |
| with whatever's in their pockets and their hands | B |
| and their eyes with nickels and dollar bills | B |
| and bibles and sunsets the beautiful brush strokes | B |
| of this beautifully dying day people pile | J |
| like a river inside the river they keep coming | K |
| and diving in they keep feeding their breath | L |
| to the water which is less which is thinned | M |
| until the mother and son rise on a mound | N |
| of strangers and dead the sun warming them blessing | K |
| their faces slowly dry | O |
Bob Hicok
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