Suitcase Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABC ADE FGH IJK JLM FFN AFE OPQ

Its silver clasp looks like a man graspingA
his hands above his head in victoryB
the latches like twin hatchbacks headed awayC
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There are no wheels just four steel nipples for slidingA
A hexagonal seal announces the defunctD
U S Trunk Company The frame is woodE
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big heavy cheap covered with imitation leatherF
its blue just slightly darker than Mom's eyesG
It's beautiful Much too expensive she told DadH
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and kissed him The lining is pink quiltedI
acetate Three sides have pouches with elastic topsJ
stretched out now like old underwearK
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I watched Mom pack them with panties and brassieresJ
when I was so little she didn't blushL
The right front corner has been punctured and crushedM
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I could have choked the baggage handlerF
The handle blue plastic doorknockerF
is fringed with wrinkled tags from United DeltaN
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U S Air which crunched the hole flyingA
the suitcase back from Houston I'd gone thereF
to see Mom in the home and save some boyhoodE
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relics before my sister gave them to Good WillO
Take mine Mom said hearing my suitcase was fullP
I won't need luggage the next place I goQ

Charles Harper Webb



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