For An Earth-landing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB C DEF G HIJKL L EM EN OP PQGI RS TUV W XB YZ EA2 GB2 C2P EE D2E2 F2 G2H2FI2ZY J2| the sky sinks its blue teeth | A |
| into the mountains | B |
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| Rising on pure will | C |
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| the lurch lift off | D |
| the sudden swing | E |
| into wide white snow | F |
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| I encourage the cable | G |
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| Past the wind | H |
| crossed tips of my skis | I |
| the mauve shadows of pines | J |
| the spoor of bears | K |
| deer | L |
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| I speak to my fear | L |
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| rising riding | E |
| finding myself | M |
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| the only thing | E |
| between snow sky | N |
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| the link | O |
| that holds it all together | P |
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| Halfway up the wire | P |
| we stop | Q |
| slide back a little | G |
| a whirr of pulleys | I |
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| Astronauts circle above us today | R |
| in the television blue of space | S |
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| But the thin withers of alps | T |
| are waiting to take us too | U |
| this might be the moon | V |
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| We move | W |
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| Friends this is a toy | X |
| merely for reaching mountains | B |
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| merely | Y |
| for skiing down | Z |
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| now we're dangling | E |
| like charms on the same bracelet | A2 |
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| or upsidedown tightrope people | G |
| a colossal circus | B2 |
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| or absurd winged walkers | C2 |
| angels in animal fur | P |
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| with mittened hands waving | E |
| fear turning | E |
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| the mountain | D2 |
| like a fisherman | E2 |
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| reeling us all in | F2 |
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| So we land | G2 |
| on the windy peak | H2 |
| touch skis to snow | F |
| are married to our purple shadows | I2 |
| ski back down | Z |
| to the unimaginable valley | Y |
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| leaving no footprints | J2 |
Erica Jong
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