This Element Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDEFGHIJKLMMN OPQRSTU VLWXYZA2OP B2| Looking for a place | A |
| where we might turn off | B |
| the inner dialogue | C |
| the monologue | C |
| of futures regrets | D |
| of pasts not past enough | E |
| futures that may never come | F |
| to pass | G |
| we found this boat | H |
| bobbing in the blue | I |
| this refuge amid reefs | J |
| this white hull | K |
| within this azure sibilance of sea | L |
| this central rocking | M |
| so like the rocking | M |
| before birth | N |
| - | |
| Venus was born of the waters | O |
| borne over them | P |
| to teach us about love | Q |
| our only sail | R |
| on the seas of our lives | S |
| as death is | T |
| our only anchor | U |
| - | |
| If we return again again | V |
| to the sea | L |
| both in our dreams | W |
| for our love affairs | X |
| it is because | Y |
| this element alone | Z |
| understands our pasts | A2 |
| futures | O |
| as she makes them | P |
| - | |
| one | B2 |
Erica Jong
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