January In New York Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFF GHIJKHLHHAMNOHP HQRSHTUVAHHQH WHHXYZA2A2H| Black ship of night | A |
| sailing through the world | B |
| the moon an orange slice | C |
| tangy to the teeth | D |
| of lovers who lie | E |
| under it | F |
| sucking it | F |
| - | |
| Somewhere there are palm trees | G |
| somewhere the sea | H |
| bluely gathers itself up | I |
| lets itself fall again | J |
| into green | K |
| somewhere the spangles | H |
| of light on the ocean | L |
| dazzle the eyes | H |
| but here in the midnight city | H |
| the black ship of night | A |
| has docked | M |
| for a long dark stay | N |
| even the citrus moon | O |
| with its pockets of juice | H |
| cannot sweeten the dark | P |
| - | |
| Then the snow begins | H |
| whirling over the Pole | Q |
| gathering force over Canada | R |
| sprinkling the Great Lakes with sugar | S |
| which drowns in their deep black cups | H |
| it is drawn to the spires of New York | T |
| the flurries come | U |
| scampering at first | V |
| lighthearted crystalline white | A |
| but finally | H |
| sucked into the city | H |
| as into a black hole | Q |
| in space | H |
| - | |
| The sky is suddenly pink | W |
| pink as flesh breasts | H |
| babies' bottoms Night is | H |
| day day is whiter than the desert | X |
| the city stops like a heart | Y |
| pigeons dip veer | Z |
| come to rest | A2 |
| under the snow hatted | A2 |
| watertanks | H |
Erica Jong
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