Flight To Catalina Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHI JBKLMNOP QRSTBUVBC WBCXYZA2KB2B

On a darkening planetA
speedingB
toward our deathC
we pierce a rosy cloudD
hit clean airE
we glide aboveF
the red infernal smogG
we leave the mammon cityH
far behindI
-
Here where the air is clearJ
as nothingB
where cactus padsK
are prickly as starsL
where buffalo chipsM
are gilded by the sunN
the moon tastes like a peppermintO
we landP
-
'Have we flown to heaven '-
I inquiredQ
meant itR
The airport was a leveledS
mountaintopT
We took the cloudbankB
at a tiltU
bumped the runwayV
just ten degrees from crashingB
certain deathC
-
If I'm to die GodW
let me die flyingB
Fear is worse than deathC
I know that nowX
The cloudbanks of my lifeY
have silver liningsZ
Beyond themA2
cactus padsK
clear earthB2
dear skyB

Erica Jong



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