Thursday Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFGAHIJKLEMN OPEQGRMSTUVAWXN| For E B | A |
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| The finest day of the week | B |
| it's circled red on my calendar They come around | C |
| all the time the same time each week And even | D |
| if you miss one it circles around | C |
| again It's always Thursday somewhere | E |
| even if it has a name like Jeudi or Jeuves | F |
| or even Gioved igrave it's still circled in dark | G |
| red pen On a Thursday you once told me | A |
| you loved me it was a full moon it was full | H |
| on my calendar and I looked up and it looked | I |
| like a rock in a pond covered deep in snow | J |
| and how faithful it was following me home | K |
| to my door before you said my name Elizabeth | L |
| and I would have replied she roo like a sandpiper | E |
| tucked under a pier on a hazy beach | M |
| if I could speak at all | N |
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| On Thursdays you would visit | O |
| after working at the fish cannery The following day | P |
| is fishermen's holiday when the nets would dry | E |
| and the fishermen would mark down | Q |
| appointments on their calendars Umbrellas mark | G |
| the coast when you come in off the sea a regalia | R |
| of umbrellas like giant mixed drinks on the beach | M |
| and on Thursdays when the fishes' heads come off | S |
| they're sorted into a bin some go to China some | T |
| to the North and the rest wind up in our soup | U |
| Why do they must you say do the fish swim | V |
| into your nets Are any named Elizabeth On Wednesday | A |
| I wonder if you'll come to me I write your name | W |
| on my calendar just in case But if you did | X |
| there wouldn't be fish soup for us all | N |
Elizabeth H. Nearing
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