Living Happily Ever After Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHIJIKJBLBBA MBNOPQB BLOBO RSBBB| We used to strike sparks | A |
| off each other | B |
| Our eyes would meet | C |
| or our hands | D |
| the blue lightning of love | E |
| would sear the air | F |
| - | |
| Now we are soft | G |
| We loll | H |
| in the same sleepy bed | I |
| skin of my skin | J |
| hair of my head | I |
| sweat of my sweat | K |
| you are kin | J |
| brother mother | B |
| all in one | L |
| husband lover muse comforter | B |
| I love you even better | B |
| without sparks | A |
| - | |
| We are pebbles in the tide | M |
| rolling against each other | B |
| The surf crashes above us | N |
| the irregular pulse | O |
| of the ocean drives our blood | P |
| but we are growing smooth | Q |
| against each other | B |
| - | |
| Are we living happily ever after | B |
| What will happen | L |
| to my love of cataclysms | O |
| My love of sparks fire | B |
| my love of ice | O |
| - | |
| Fellow pebble | R |
| let us roll | S |
| against each other | B |
| Perhaps the sparks are clearer | B |
| under water | B |
Erica Jong
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