Catching Up Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DE FGHI JKL MNC ODPQ JR SC| We sit on a rock | A |
| to allow our souls | B |
| to catch up with us | C |
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| We have been traveling | D |
| a long time | E |
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| Behind us are forests of books | F |
| with pages green as leaves | G |
| A blood sun stares | H |
| over the horizon | I |
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| Our souls are slow | J |
| They walk miles behind | K |
| our long shadows | L |
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| They do not dance | M |
| They need all their strength | N |
| merely to follow us | C |
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| Sometimes we run too fast | O |
| or trip climbing | D |
| the rotten rungs | P |
| in fame's ladder | Q |
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| Our souls know | J |
| it leads nowhere | R |
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| They are not afraid | S |
| of losing us | C |
Erica Jong
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