A Smile To Remember Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJ KLH LM NOPQRS| we had goldfish and they circled around and around | A |
| in the bowl on the table near the heavy drapes | B |
| covering the picture window and | C |
| my mother always smiling wanting us all | D |
| to be happy told me 'be happy Henry ' | E |
| and she was right it's better to be happy if you | F |
| can | G |
| but my father continued to beat her and me several times a week while | H |
| raging inside his foot two frame because he couldn't | I |
| understand what was attacking him from within | J |
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| my mother poor fish | K |
| wanting to be happy beaten two or three times a | L |
| week telling me to be happy 'Henry smile | H |
| why don't you ever smile ' | - |
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| and then she would smile to show me how and it was the | L |
| saddest smile I ever saw | M |
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| one day the goldfish died all five of them | N |
| they floated on the water on their sides their | O |
| eyes still open | P |
| and when my father got home he threw them to the cat | Q |
| there on the kitchen floor and we watched as my mother | R |
| smiled | S |
Charles Bukowski
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