Paper Chains Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFG HIJKGLM NMFO OPQ RS TUV WX| The first snow of the year | A |
| you lying between my breasts | B |
| in my husband's house | C |
| the snow gently rising in my throat | D |
| like guilt | E |
| the windows frosted over | F |
| as if etched by acid | G |
| - | |
| You have come from the desert | H |
| have left a little sand | I |
| between my legs | J |
| where it rubs rubs | K |
| secretes a milky fluid | G |
| finally a poem | L |
| or a pearl | M |
| - | |
| I am your oyster shell | N |
| your mother of pearl | M |
| gleaming like oil on water | F |
| for two hours on a snowy day | O |
| - | |
| 'Poets fall in love to write about it ' | - |
| I said in my brittle way | O |
| told you about other loves to tempt you | P |
| heard your siren songs of old affairs | Q |
| - | |
| I fall in love as a kind of research project | R |
| You fall in love as some men go to war | S |
| - | |
| What tanks | T |
| What bombs | U |
| What storms of index cards | V |
| - | |
| I am binding up your legs with carbon ribbon | W |
| I tied you to the bed with paper chains | X |
Erica Jong
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