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Sudden Movements Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHFIAJKLMNOPQR STUVWXYZA2

My father's head has become a mystery to himA
We finally have something in commonB
When he moves his head his eyesC
get big as roses filledD
with the commotion of springE
Not long ago he was a manF
who had tomato soup for lunchG
and dusted with the earnestnessH
of a gun fight Now he's a manF
who sits at the table trying to breatheI
in tiny bites When they told himA
his spinal column is closing I thoughtJ
of all the branches he's cutK
with loppers and piled and burnedL
in the fall the pinch of the bladesM
on the green and vital pulp SurgeonsN
can fuse vertebrae a welders artO
and scrape the ring through whichP
the soul wires flow as a dentistQ
would clean your teethR
And still it could happen one turnS
of his head toward a hummingbirdT
wings keeping that brittle lifeU
afloat working hard against the fallV
and he might freeze in that poseW
of astonishment a man estrangedX
from the neck down who can only shareY
with his body the silenceZ
he's pawned on his children as loveA2

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