Dear Deborah Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGG HGGI GJKL MBNO PJQR GLST UGVW| They tell me that your heart | A |
| has been found in Iowa | B |
| pumping along Interstate | C |
| Do you want it back | D |
| - | |
| When the cold comes on | E |
| this fast it's Iowa again | F |
| where pollen disperses | G |
| evenly on the dented Fords | G |
| - | |
| where white houses sag | H |
| by the town's corn silos | G |
| where people in the houses | G |
| sicken on corn dust | I |
| - | |
| Auctions sell entire farms | G |
| It's not the auctions that's upsetting | J |
| but what they sell the ragged towel | K |
| or the armless doll for a dollar | L |
| - | |
| I hear they've found | M |
| an eye of yours in Osceola | B |
| calling out to your mouth in Davis City | N |
| That mouth of yours is in the bar | O |
| - | |
| the only place left in town | P |
| slow dancing and smoking | J |
| It's no wonder you look so pale | Q |
| Ever wish you'd done more | R |
| - | |
| with your thirty years | G |
| Seeing you last week I wonder | L |
| if you crave that sky | S |
| filled with the milky way | T |
| - | |
| or the sight of Amish girls in blue | U |
| at sunset against wheat colored prairie grass | G |
| Here the trees are full of gossip | V |
| They're waiting to see what you'll do next | W |
Deborah Ager
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