Birthdays Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFAGHIJKLM NOPQPRSTTUVWXPY ZA2PB2C2PQPD2E2TF2X| Next birthday | A |
| I am thirty six | B |
| formed for all intents | C |
| purposes | D |
| in tooth claw | E |
| Six books | F |
| have peeled away | A |
| all that I am | G |
| all | H |
| that I am not | I |
| I turn back pages now | J |
| in history's dog eared | K |
| book write | L |
| of other lives | M |
| - | |
| here you come | N |
| pink as dawn | O |
| rosy as the aurora borealis | P |
| blooming over Yorkshire | Q |
| the ruined abbeys | P |
| of the Lake District | R |
| curly as a baby sheep | S |
| hungry as a little billy | T |
| goat cuddly | T |
| as a lap dog | U |
| able to flex your spine | V |
| to fit inside my own | W |
| born | X |
| between piss | P |
| shit | Y |
| - | |
| I welcome you | Z |
| with all my breath | A2 |
| guts | P |
| I hallelujah | B2 |
| to your eyes your heart | C2 |
| your tender toes | P |
| May I keep growing younger | Q |
| with your years | P |
| until when you are just my age | D2 |
| or more I have gone back to zero | E2 |
| am ready | T |
| perhaps then | F2 |
| to be reborn | X |
Erica Jong
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