My First Affair With That Older Woman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E F G H I J K F L M N C O E M C P Q R M S N P K T L U V W C X M Y V C X Z V A2 B2 C2| when I look back now | A |
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| at the abuse I took from | B |
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| her | C |
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| I feel shame that I was so | D |
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| innocent | E |
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| but I must say | F |
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| she did match me drink for | G |
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| drink | H |
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| and I realized that her life | I |
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| her feelings for things | J |
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| had been ruined | K |
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| along the way | F |
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| and that I was no mare than a | L |
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| temporary | M |
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| companion | N |
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| she was ten years older | C |
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| and mortally hurt by the past | O |
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| and the present | E |
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| she treated me badly | M |
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| desertion other | C |
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| men | P |
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| she brought me immense | Q |
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| pain | R |
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| continually | M |
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| s he lied stole | S |
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| there was desertion | N |
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| other men | P |
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| yet we had our moments and | K |
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| our little soap opera ended | T |
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| with her in a coma | L |
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| in the hospital | U |
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| and I sat at her bed | V |
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| for hours | W |
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| talking to her | C |
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| and then she opened her eyes | X |
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| and saw me | M |
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| I knew it would be you | Y |
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| she said | V |
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| then hse closed her | C |
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| eyes | X |
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| the next day she was | Z |
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| dead | V |
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| I drank alone | A2 |
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| for two years | B2 |
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| after that | C2 |
Charles Bukowski
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