Wrinkles Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BA CCDCE FFEFD FGFBFHDEF IJBKLM CCNCO FGP QBRESFor Naomi Lazard | A |
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Sometimes I can't wait until I look like Nadezhda Mandelstam | B |
Naomi Lazard | A |
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My friends are tired | C |
The ones who are married are tired | C |
of being married | D |
The ones who are single are tired | C |
of being single | E |
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They look at their wrinkles | F |
The ones who are single attribute their wrinkles | F |
to being single | E |
The ones who are married attribute their wrinkles | F |
to being married | D |
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They have very few wrinkles | F |
Even taken together | G |
they have very few wrinkles | F |
But I cannot persuade them | B |
to look at their wrinkles | F |
collectively | H |
I cannot persuade them that being married | D |
or being single | E |
has nothing to do with wrinkles | F |
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Each one sees a deep bitter groove | I |
a San Andreas fault across her forehead | J |
It is only a matter of time | B |
before the earthquake | K |
They trade the names of plastic surgeons | L |
like recipes | M |
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My friends are tired | C |
The ones who have children are tired | C |
of having children | N |
The ones who are childless are tired | C |
of being childless | O |
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They love their wrinkles | F |
If only their were deeper | G |
they could hide | P |
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Sometimes I think | Q |
but do not dare to tell them | B |
that when the face is left alone to dig its grave | R |
the soul is grateful | E |
rolls in | S |
Erica Jong
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