Learning To Swim Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF GHA IJK GLM

At forty eight to be given waterA
which is most of the world given lifeB
in water which is most of me given easeC
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which is most of what I lack here where wallsD
don t part to my hands is to be bornE
as of three weeks ago Taking nothingF
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from you mother or you sky or youG
mountain that you wouldn t takeH
if offered by the sea any sea or riverA
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any river or the pool beside whichI
a woman sits who would save meJ
if I needed saving in a red suit as if flameK
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is the color of emergency as I doG
need saving from solid thingsL
most of all their dissolveM

Bob Hicok



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