Insomnia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF DGHIJK LMNBOB| Now you hear what the house has to say | A |
| Pipes clanking water running in the dark | B |
| the mortgaged walls shifting in discomfort | C |
| and voices mounting in an endless drone | D |
| of small complaints like the sounds of a family | E |
| that year by year you've learned how to ignore | F |
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| But now you must listen to the things you own | D |
| all that you've worked for these past years | G |
| the murmur of property of things in disrepair | H |
| the moving parts about to come undone | I |
| and twisting in the sheets remember all | J |
| the faces you could not bring yourself to love | K |
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| How many voices have escaped you until now | L |
| the venting furnace the floorboards underfoot | M |
| the steady accusations of the clock | N |
| numbering the minutes no one will mark | B |
| The terrible clarity this moment brings | O |
| the useless insight the unbroken dark | B |
Dana Gioia
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