Chanson Américaine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGEHIE JKLMN ONPN IQ| If I as I drive the Caravan | A |
| with its nagging blister of rust | B |
| on the driver's side door | C |
| home from the office on the day | D |
| the odometer turns over | E |
| - | |
| if I with my wife at work | F |
| and my daughter away at college | G |
| slip into the cassette player | E |
| the Johnny Mathis Greatest Hits | H |
| tape I have just bought | I |
| at a yard sale for a quarter | E |
| - | |
| and if hearing that voice | J |
| its luscious rise and fall | K |
| which my mother loved as much | L |
| as she loved her romance novels | M |
| from the lending library | N |
| - | |
| I sing along the words | O |
| coming effortlessly | N |
| to Wonderful Wonderful | P |
| and am happy happy | N |
| - | |
| who shall say I am not | I |
| that mad poet of my youth | Q |
Eric Torgersen
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