I Try To Keep Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC D EFGHI JKLMIN K OPQ RSB TUV WX XUY| I try to keep | A |
| falling in love | B |
| if only to keep | A |
| death | C |
| - | |
| at bay | D |
| - | |
| I know | E |
| that the burned | F |
| witches | G |
| that the seared flesh | H |
| of the enemy | I |
| - | |
| O we are all | J |
| each other's | K |
| enemies | L |
| even sometimes those | M |
| who lately | I |
| were | N |
| - | |
| lovers | K |
| - | |
| are not | O |
| to be reconstituted | P |
| nor healed | Q |
| - | |
| by my | R |
| falling | S |
| in love | B |
| - | |
| yet | T |
| here is | U |
| the paradox | V |
| - | |
| love drives | W |
| the poem | X |
| - | |
| the poem | X |
| is | U |
| hope | Y |
Erica Jong
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