The Sloth Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF GHI JEC CEE EKL MNM EEO PQE RP O| Her back is an ecosystem | A |
| algaeic and wrapped | B |
| beneath a canopy s sun | C |
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| Arms forever up and out | D |
| above her head she is | E |
| this tall No height | F |
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| no dangers below | G |
| will blanch the beast | H |
| she sees no fear | I |
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| A fall will seldom kill her | J |
| Nun ordained to pliancy | E |
| she s slowness made devotion | C |
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| The monkeys run | C |
| right by her skitter shows | E |
| their onus harpy hawks | E |
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| with sudden plucks | E |
| plunge their hunger flown | K |
| It is true she cannot walk | L |
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| when basic need or poor luck | M |
| grounds her she ll have to | N |
| pull herself along the muck | M |
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| of forest floor So she hangs | E |
| even after life from branches | E |
| fool like face to sky | O |
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| her backward growing | P |
| coat a woolish habit | Q |
| Even at the tops | E |
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| of trees she blends in | R |
| She is cool and shy seeming | P |
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| Her cry s a sure ai ai | O |
C.j. Sage
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