The Lake Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCB BBDEF GHBFI BIJKL| The yard half a yard | A |
| half a lake blue as a corpse | B |
| The lake will tell things you long to hear | C |
| get away from here | C |
| Three o'clock Dry leaves rat tat like maracas | B |
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| Whisky colored grass | B |
| breaks at every step and trees | B |
| are slowly realizing they are nude | D |
| How long will you stay | E |
| For the lake asks questions you want to hear too | F |
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| Months have passed since well | G |
| everything Since buildings stood | H |
| black against sky rain hissed from sidewalks | B |
| and curled around you | F |
| O how those avenues once seemed menacing | I |
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| I know what you miss | B |
| sings this lake Car horns groaning | I |
| in rush hour Sweet coffee Wind | J |
| pounding like hammers Warmth of a lover | K |
| Crickets humming love songs to the street | L |
Deborah Ager
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