The Perfect Poet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJK FLMN OPPP PFLF| He says he is a perfect poet | A |
| He lives alone with his perfect mate | B |
| sometimes they don't even speak | C |
| So perfectly do they 'communicate ' | D |
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| He lives alone his greatest pleasures are | E |
| His pipes his books his wife's behind | F |
| Which he will often pinch to hear her laugh | G |
| He's got a perfect love for womankind | F |
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| He seldom writes distrusting language as | H |
| A clumsy tool unequal to his thoughts | I |
| He uses it as rarely as he can | J |
| No doubt to punish it for all its faults | K |
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| But when he writes he keeps the upper hand | F |
| On principle since words are enemies | L |
| He melts them down then counterfeits his own | M |
| A kind of literary alchemy | N |
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| He's fortunate to have a perfect muse | O |
| A live in muse who cooks inspiringly | P |
| And sometimes after an ambrosial meal | P |
| He'll grab his pen composing feverishly | P |
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| A perfect poem describing in detail | P |
| The salad wine the roast in buttery baste | F |
| And reading it his musing wife agrees | L |
| That every line smacks of his perfect taste | F |
Erica Jong
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