Suppose Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB BCD EFGH IJKLBMNNNHJN BN NDN| suppose | A |
| Life is an old man carrying flowers on his head | B |
| - | |
| young death sits in a caf eacute | B |
| smiling a piece of money held between | C |
| his thumb and first finger | D |
| - | |
| i say will he buy flowers to you | E |
| and Death is young | F |
| life wears velour trousers | G |
| life totters life has a beard i | H |
| - | |
| say to you who are silent Do you see | I |
| Life he is there and here | J |
| or that or this | K |
| or nothing or an old man thirds | L |
| asleep on his head | B |
| flowers always crying | M |
| to nobody something about les | N |
| roses les bluets | N |
| yes | N |
| will He buy | H |
| Les belles bottes oh hear | J |
| pas ch egrave res | N |
| - | |
| and my love slowly answered I think so But | B |
| I think I see someone else | N |
| - | |
| there is a lady whose name is Afterwards | N |
| she is sitting beside young death is slender | D |
| likes flowers | N |
E. E. Cummings
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