Wrinkles Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BA CCDCE FFEFD FGFBFHDEF IJBKLM CCNCO FGP QBRES| For Naomi Lazard | A |
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| Sometimes I can't wait until I look like Nadezhda Mandelstam | B |
| Naomi Lazard | A |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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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