January In New York Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFF GHIJKHLHHAMNOHP HQRSHTUVAHHQH WHHXYZA2A2HBlack 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
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about January In New York poem by Erica Jong
Best Poems of Erica Jong