Touch Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFBGGHI GAGJDK LCIMINOP BQRAQS GTUVWX YGZ| The house of the body | A |
| is a stately manor | B |
| open for nothing | C |
| never to the public | D |
| - | |
| But | E |
| for the owner of the house | F |
| the key holder | B |
| the body swings open | G |
| like Ali Baba's mountain | G |
| glistening with soft gold | H |
| red jewels | I |
| - | |
| These cannot be stolen | G |
| or sold for money | A |
| They only glisten | G |
| when the mountain opens | J |
| by magic | D |
| or its own accord | K |
| - | |
| The gold triangle of hair | L |
| its gentle ping | C |
| the pink quartz crystals | I |
| of the skin | M |
| the ruby nipples | I |
| the lapis | N |
| of the veins | O |
| that swim the breast | P |
| - | |
| The key holder | B |
| is recognized | Q |
| by the way he holds | R |
| the body | A |
| He is recognized | Q |
| by touch | S |
| - | |
| Touch is the first sense to awaken | G |
| after the body's little death | T |
| in sleep | U |
| Touch is the first sense | V |
| to alert the raw red infant | W |
| to a world of pain | X |
| - | |
| The body glimmers | Y |
| on its dark mountain | G |
| pretending ignorance of this | Z |
Erica Jong
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