Melpomene In Manhattan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKKLMNL| As she walked she would look back | A |
| over her shoulder and trip | B |
| upon sidewalk cracks or bump | C |
| into people to whom she would apologize | D |
| profusely her head still turned | E |
| One could hear her murmur to herself | F |
| tearfully as though filled with a yearning | G |
| to recover what she was leaving behind | H |
| as if she would preserve it | I |
| or do for it what she had neglected | J |
| out of ignorance or oversight | K |
| or from sheer meanness and spite | K |
| or simple helplessness to do better | L |
| her voice beginning to keen | M |
| as she tripped or steered blindly | N |
| into the gutter | L |
David Ignatow
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