The Idea Of Ancestry Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGG HIJKG LMNOPQEK| Taped to the wall of my cell are pictures black | A |
| faces my father mother grandmothers dead grand | B |
| fathers both dead brothers sisters uncles aunts | C |
| cousins st and nd nieces and nephews They stare | D |
| across the space at me sprawling on my bunk I know | E |
| their dark eyes they know mine I know their style | F |
| they know mine I am all of them they are all of me | G |
| they are farmers I am a thief I am me they are thee | G |
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| I have at one time or another been in love with my mother | H |
| grandmother sisters aunts went to the asylum | I |
| and cousins I am now in love with a yr old niece | J |
| she sends me letters in large block print and | K |
| her picture is the only one that smiles at me | G |
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| I have the same name as grandfather cousins nephews | L |
| and uncle The uncle disappeared when he was just took | M |
| off and caught a freight they say He's discussed each year | N |
| when the family has a reunion he causes uneasiness in | O |
| the clan he is an empty space My father's mother who is | P |
| and who keeps the Family Bible with everbody's birth dates | Q |
| and death dates in it always mentions him There is no | E |
| place in her Bible for quot whereabouts unknown quot | K |
Etheridge Knight
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