Suitcase Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC ADE FGH IJK JLM FFN AFE OPQ| Its 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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