After The Earthquake Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGHG IEJEK GLBM LNOPQB RGSGT GU GV| After the first astounding rush | A |
| after the weeks at the lake | B |
| the crystal the clouds the water lapping the rocks | C |
| the snow breaking under our boots like skin | D |
| the long mornings in bed | E |
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| After the tangos in the kitchen | F |
| our eyes fixed on each other at dinner | G |
| as if we would eat with our lids | H |
| as if we would swallow each other | G |
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| I find you still | I |
| here beside me in bed | E |
| while my pen scratches the pad | J |
| your skin glows as you read | E |
| my whole life so mellowed changed | K |
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| that at times I cannot remember | G |
| the crimp in my heart that brought me to you | L |
| the pain of a marriage like an old ache | B |
| a husband like an arthritic knuckle | M |
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| Here living with you | L |
| love is still the only subject that matters | N |
| I open to you like a flowering wound | O |
| or a trough in the sea filled with dreaming fish | P |
| or a steaming chasm of earth | Q |
| split by a major quake | B |
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| You changed the topography | R |
| Where valleys were | G |
| there are now mountains | S |
| Where deserts were | G |
| there now are seas | T |
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| We rub each other | G |
| but we do not wear away | U |
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| The sand gets finer | G |
| our skins turn silk | V |
Erica Jong
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