I Live In New York Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGHIJKL MNOP QRST UIVWX FBGYZA2B2 N| I am happiest | A |
| near the ocean | B |
| where the changing light | C |
| reminds me of my death | D |
| the fact that it need not be fatal | E |
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| yet I perch here | F |
| in the midst of the city | G |
| where the traffic dulls my senses | H |
| where my ears scream at sirens | I |
| where transistor radio blasts | J |
| invade my poems | K |
| like alien war chants | L |
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| But I never walk | M |
| the streets of New York | N |
| without hoping for the end | O |
| of the world | P |
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| How many years | Q |
| before the streets return to flowers | R |
| How many centuries | S |
| before the towers fall | T |
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| In my mind's eye | U |
| New York falls to ruins | I |
| Butterflies alight upon stones | V |
| and poppies spring | W |
| out of the asphalt fields | X |
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| Why do I stay here | F |
| when I love the ocean | B |
| Because the ocean lulls me | G |
| with its peace | Y |
| Eternity is coming soon enough | Z |
| As monks sleep | A2 |
| in their own coffins | B2 |
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| I live in New York | N |
Erica Jong
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