The Machinery Of Remembrances Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EF GHI JKF LMNOP QRST| A wash of swallows against the dark gravel sea | A |
| ushers in the close of winter Inside the sighs | B |
| of waitresses hang themselves on the coat hooks | C |
| attached to the booths of the Shoreside Family Diner Restaurant | D |
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| Outside schoolchildren chase each other crunching gravel | E |
| under galoshes scurrying towards the swings in the lot | F |
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| Church bells strike | G |
| brushing skyward the dark splash of swallows | H |
| that returned to feed in the children's wake | I |
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| Laughter spills out dark and rich | J |
| behind that rust pocked bus abandoned | K |
| in this playground graveyard parking lot | F |
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| The gravel field reflects waves of heat pouring up | L |
| hazy and wet into the gray sky The boiling | M |
| coffeepots tip the frustrations of the diner patrons over the edge | N |
| of the counter top to splinter into shards | O |
| on the checkerboard floor | P |
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| Their discontent constant as the long closed mill | Q |
| dissipates into a cloud of gray mist that washes over | R |
| the stainless walls The children scatter through the yard | S |
| until the shrill bell calls them in | T |
Elizabeth H. Nearing
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