Regret For Mimi Bailin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB ACD EFGH IGJ KLM| Regret is the young girl who sits in the snow | A |
| stares at her hands | B |
| - | |
| They are bluer than shadows in snow | A |
| They are bloodless as fear | C |
| Her fingernail moons are white | D |
| - | |
| She wants to crawl into the palm | E |
| of her own hand | F |
| She wants extra fingers to cover | G |
| the shame of her eyes | H |
| - | |
| She wants to follow her lifeline where it leads | I |
| but it plunges deeper | G |
| than the Grand Canyon | J |
| - | |
| She stands on the edge | K |
| still hoping | L |
| she can fly | M |
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