Suitcase Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC ADE FGH IJK JLM FFN AFE OPQIts silver clasp looks like a man grasping | A |
his hands above his head in victory | B |
the latches like twin hatchbacks headed away | C |
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There are no wheels just four steel nipples for sliding | A |
A hexagonal seal announces the defunct | D |
U S Trunk Company The frame is wood | E |
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big heavy cheap covered with imitation leather | F |
its blue just slightly darker than Mom's eyes | G |
It's beautiful Much too expensive she told Dad | H |
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and kissed him The lining is pink quilted | I |
acetate Three sides have pouches with elastic tops | J |
stretched out now like old underwear | K |
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I watched Mom pack them with panties and brassieres | J |
when I was so little she didn't blush | L |
The right front corner has been punctured and crushed | M |
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I could have choked the baggage handler | F |
The handle blue plastic doorknocker | F |
is fringed with wrinkled tags from United Delta | N |
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U S Air which crunched the hole flying | A |
the suitcase back from Houston I'd gone there | F |
to see Mom in the home and save some boyhood | E |
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relics before my sister gave them to Good Will | O |
Take mine Mom said hearing my suitcase was full | P |
I won't need luggage the next place I go | Q |
Charles Harper Webb
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