To X. (with Ephemeral Kisses) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHIJK| I hear you will not fall in love with me | A |
| because I come without a guarantee | A |
| because someday I may depart at whim | B |
| and leave you desolate abandoned grim | B |
| If that's the case what use to be alive | C |
| In loving life you love what can't survive | C |
| and if you grow too fond and lose your head | D |
| it's all for nought for someday you'll be dead | D |
| Maintain a cool detachment through the years | E |
| Wear blinders dear put cotton in your ears | E |
| Since worms will taste the tongue that tastes the wine | F |
| burst not the grape against your palate fine | F |
| With care your puny heart will still be whole | G |
| the day they come to fetch your tepid soul | G |
| And as that strumpet Life deals her last blow | H |
| you'll have this final consolatio | I |
| you'll snap your flippant fingers as you fall | J |
| and say 'I never cared for her at all ' | K |
Erica Jong
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