Middle Aged Lovers, I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJ BKLMNOBPKQRS IBTUVW XPBYZC A2BB2C2D2CB2E2F2 G2CC A2D2H2 I2| Unable to bear | A |
| the uncertainty | B |
| of the future | C |
| we consulted seers | D |
| mediums stock market gurus | E |
| psychics who promised | F |
| happiness on this | G |
| or another planet | H |
| astrologists of love | I |
| seekers of the Holy Grail | J |
| - | |
| Looking for certainty | B |
| we asked for promises | K |
| lover's knots pledges rings | L |
| certificates deeds of ownership | M |
| when it was always enough | N |
| to let your hand | O |
| pass over my body | B |
| your eyes find the depths of my own | P |
| and the wind pass over our faces | K |
| as it will pass | Q |
| through our bones | R |
| sooner than we think | S |
| - | |
| The current is love | I |
| is poetry | B |
| the blood beat | T |
| in the thighs | U |
| the electrical charge | V |
| in the brain | W |
| - | |
| Our long leap | X |
| into the unknown | P |
| began nearly | B |
| a half century ago | Y |
| and is almost | Z |
| over | C |
| - | |
| I think of the | A2 |
| amphorae of stored honey | B |
| at Paestum | B2 |
| far out lasting | C2 |
| their Grecian eaters | D2 |
| or of the furniture | C |
| in a pharoah's tomb | B2 |
| on which | E2 |
| no one sits | F2 |
| - | |
| Trust the wind | G2 |
| my lover | C |
| and the water | C |
| - | |
| They have the | A2 |
| answers | D2 |
| to all your questions | H2 |
| - | |
| and mine | I2 |
Erica Jong
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