Empty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGHIJKLMN COPA QK QQPQ RNSQTQQ UKUPVWXY ZA2QB2C2Y| Who shall measure the heat and | A |
| violence of the poet's heart when caught | B |
| and tangled in a woman's body | C |
| Virginia Woolf | D |
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| Every month | E |
| the reminder of emptiness | F |
| so that you are tuned | G |
| to your bodyharp | H |
| strung out on the harpsichord | I |
| of all your nerves | J |
| hammered bloody blue | K |
| as the crushed fingers | L |
| of the woman pianist | M |
| beaten by her jealous lover | N |
| - | |
| Who was she | C |
| Someone I invented | O |
| for this poem | P |
| someone I imagined | A |
| - | |
| Never mind | Q |
| she is me you | K |
| - | |
| tied to that bodybeat | Q |
| fainting on the rack of blood | Q |
| moving to the metronome | P |
| empty empty empty | Q |
| - | |
| No use | R |
| The blood is thicker | N |
| than the roots of trees | S |
| more persistent than my poetry | Q |
| more baroque than her bruised music | T |
| It gilds the sky above the Virgin's head | Q |
| It turns the lilies white | Q |
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| Try to run | U |
| the blood still follows you | K |
| Swear off children | U |
| seek a quiet room | P |
| to practice your preludes fugues | V |
| Under the piano | W |
| the blood accumulates | X |
| eventually it floats you both away | Y |
| - | |
| Give in | Z |
| Babies cry music is your life | A2 |
| Darling you were born to bleed | Q |
| or rock | B2 |
| the heart breaks | C2 |
| either way | Y |
Erica Jong
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