The Sheets Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJK LMNOPQR STS U VWBXRY ZA2B2I C2D2E2C2| We used to meet | A |
| on this corner | B |
| in the same wind | C |
| It fought us up the hill | D |
| to your house | E |
| blew us in the door | F |
| The elevator rose | G |
| on guests of stale air | H |
| fed on ancient dinners | I |
| Your room smelled | J |
| of roach spray and roses | K |
| - | |
| In those days | L |
| we went to bed with Marvell | M |
| The wind ruffled sheets and pages | N |
| spoke to us through walls | O |
| For hours I used to lie | P |
| with my ear to your bare chest | Q |
| listening for the sea | R |
| - | |
| Now the wind is tearing | S |
| the building down | T |
| The sheets are rising | S |
| - | |
| They billow through the air like sails | U |
| - | |
| White with your semen | V |
| holding invisible prints | W |
| of the people we were | B |
| the people we might have been | X |
| they said across the country | R |
| disguised as clouds | Y |
| - | |
| Momentarily they snag | Z |
| on the Rocky Mountains | A2 |
| then rise | B2 |
| shredded into streamers | I |
| - | |
| Now they are bannering westward | C2 |
| over California | D2 |
| where your existence | E2 |
| is rumored | C2 |
Erica Jong
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