Wrinkles Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BA CCDCE FFEFD FGFBFHDEF IJBKLM CCNCO FGP QBRES

For Naomi LazardA
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Sometimes I can't wait until I look like Nadezhda MandelstamB
Naomi LazardA
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My friends are tiredC
The ones who are married are tiredC
of being marriedD
The ones who are single are tiredC
of being singleE
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They look at their wrinklesF
The ones who are single attribute their wrinklesF
to being singleE
The ones who are married attribute their wrinklesF
to being marriedD
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They have very few wrinklesF
Even taken togetherG
they have very few wrinklesF
But I cannot persuade themB
to look at their wrinklesF
collectivelyH
I cannot persuade them that being marriedD
or being singleE
has nothing to do with wrinklesF
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Each one sees a deep bitter grooveI
a San Andreas fault across her foreheadJ
It is only a matter of timeB
before the earthquakeK
They trade the names of plastic surgeonsL
like recipesM
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My friends are tiredC
The ones who have children are tiredC
of having childrenN
The ones who are childless are tiredC
of being childlessO
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They love their wrinklesF
If only their were deeperG
they could hideP
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Sometimes I thinkQ
but do not dare to tell themB
that when the face is left alone to dig its graveR
the soul is gratefulE
rolls inS

Erica Jong



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