Her Tin Skin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EEDFG FHDEH IJKLM ENOPQ| A | |
| resistant cupped no cocked | B |
| in the V of her elbow i want | C |
| my curves mountainous | D |
| - | |
| and locked i want her | E |
| arabesque eyes i want her | E |
| tar markings her curlicues | D |
| i want her tin skin she | F |
| is a tree her hair a forest | G |
| - | |
| of strength i want to be | F |
| adorned with bottles i | H |
| want my brownness | D |
| to cover all but the silver | E |
| edges of my tin skin my | H |
| - | |
| sculptor should have made | I |
| me like her round bellied | J |
| maker hewed her with chain | K |
| saw in hand roughly cut | L |
| away from me everything | M |
| - | |
| but the semblance of tender | E |
| let nothing but my flexed | N |
| foot toeing childhood tell | O |
| the night eyed who know | P |
| how to look what lies within | Q |
Evie Shockley
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