Play Again Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFGHIJKLIMNMOPQRSTU GNOV| Late in New York newspapers reported the story of a nine year | A |
| old child being raped on a roof and hurled twenty stories to the | B |
| ground | C |
| - | |
| I draw near to the roof's edge | D |
| and seek someone to lift | E |
| and hurl me out into vacant air | F |
| I want to turn over and over | G |
| rapidly in my plunge my mouth | H |
| open to scream but air rushing | I |
| upwards jams my throat | J |
| I am seeking the peace | K |
| I never once gave up on | L |
| and this is the final way to find it The living | I |
| share me among them They taste | M |
| me on the ground they taste me | N |
| in the air descending They taste | M |
| me screaming nine years old | O |
| I have playmates | P |
| and I leave behind my skull | Q |
| in their dreams hands to mouths | R |
| It is because they have no help | S |
| as if to hint to them the way | T |
| if they would understand | U |
| When we played it was to love each other | G |
| in games Play again and love me | N |
| until I really die when you are old | O |
| on a flight of stairs | V |
David Ignatow
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