An Ancient Gesture Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDDEFB AGGBHGIH| I thought as I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron | A |
| Penelope did this too | B |
| And more than once you can't keep weaving all day | C |
| And undoing it all through the night | D |
| Your arms get tired and the back of your neck gets tight | D |
| And along towards morning when you think it will never be light | D |
| And your husband has been gone and you don't know where for years | E |
| Suddenly you burst into tears | F |
| There is simply nothing else to do | B |
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| And I thought as I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron | A |
| This is an ancient gesture authentic antique | G |
| In the very best tradition classic Greek | G |
| Ulysses did this too | B |
| But only as a gesture mdash a gesture which implied | H |
| To the assembled throng that he was much too moved to speak | G |
| He learned it from Penelope | I |
| Penelope who really cried | H |
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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