Summer Storm Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNON PHQH RFAF STUT VWXY| We stood on the rented patio | A |
| While the party went on inside | B |
| You knew the groom from college | C |
| I was a friend of the bride | B |
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| We hugged the brownstone wall behind us | D |
| To keep our dress clothes dry | E |
| And watched the sudden summer storm | F |
| Floodlit against the sky | E |
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| The rain was like a waterfall | G |
| Of brilliant beaded light | H |
| Cool and silent as the stars | I |
| The storm hid from the night | H |
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| To my surprise you took my arm | J |
| A gesture you didn't explain | K |
| And we spoke in whispers as if we two | L |
| Might imitate the rain | K |
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| Then suddenly the storm receded | M |
| As swiftly as it came | N |
| The doors behind us opened up | O |
| The hostess called your name | N |
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| I watched you merge into the group | P |
| Aloof and yet polite | H |
| We didn't speak another word | Q |
| Except to say goodnight | H |
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| Why does that evening's memory | R |
| Return with this night's storm | F |
| A party twenty years ago | A |
| Its disappointments warm | F |
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| There are so many might have beens | S |
| What ifs that won't stay buried | T |
| Other cities other jobs | U |
| Strangers we might have married | T |
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| And memory insists on pining | V |
| For places it never went | W |
| As if life would be happier | X |
| Just by being different | Y |
Dana Gioia
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