The Widower Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBB CDEFDGHFI JKALShe left him in death's egg | A |
the bone sack the gunny sack | B |
the bag of down feathers all black | B |
Somehow he couldn't get back | B |
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It was night | C |
a night of shark faced jets | D |
winking brighter than blue stars | E |
a night of poisoned cities | F |
mushrooming beneath the eyes of jets | D |
a night of missile silos | G |
sulking in the desert | H |
a night of babies howling in the alleys | F |
a night of cats | I |
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She left a death so huge | J |
his life got lost in it | K |
She left a bloodstained egg | A |
he had to hatch | L |
Erica Jong
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