The Skinny Voice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDB E CFGH B IJKH L BMNB O B| the skinny voice | A |
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| of the leatherfaced | B |
| woman with the crimson | C |
| nose and coquettishly | D |
| cocked bonnet | B |
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| having ceased the | E |
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| captain | C |
| announces that as three | F |
| dimes seven nickels and ten | G |
| pennies have been deposited upon | H |
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| the drum there is need | B |
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| of just twenty five cents | I |
| dear friends | J |
| to make it an even | K |
| dollar whereupon | H |
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| the Divine Average who was | L |
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| attracted by the inspired | B |
| sister s howling moves | M |
| off | N |
| willanyone tell him why he should | B |
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| blow two bits for the coming of Christ Jesus | O |
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| nix kid | B |
E. E. Cummings
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