First Shot Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABB CDE FGHI JKC| I said I was hunting deer I knew the trails the split tracks and pellets of shit circles | A |
| where they bedded down together I faced a buck once for almost ten minutes I think | B |
| I moved first and it left me I ran home to think | B |
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| I had a bow target arrows a target on straw My father said be careful and I was but | C |
| I sneaked my bow and arrow to the woods I surprised a tiny rabbit near a hole It | D |
| froze I had an arrow on it I moved and it ran for the hole I never shot | E |
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| They had a blanket in a clearing of wiry grass that sloped to the north He had her | F |
| down her hands all over his back I thought I knew her They hadn't seen me I notched | G |
| an arrow His head turned my way vague like he needed his glasses and maybe afraid | H |
| I got scared I wasn't sure what it was I shot my arrow my first shot wild I think and ran | I |
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| I waited for something for weeks for more than weeks I couldn't answer questions I | J |
| thought I saw her a few times later I never went back until I was sixteen almost and | K |
| nothing was there but I only stayed for a minute | C |
Eric Torgersen
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