Geraldine Connolly

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Why I Was Sent To Boarding School Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AB C D D EF GE HI EE JKLMENEOHP EQEKKER STDUVS WHXP HH

to lengthen my hemlines and straightenA
my moralsB
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because I was difficultC
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because my parents were tiredD
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to lock me in chastity's cupboardD
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to Latinize me teach me mannersE
give me a good solid dose of fearF
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to place over my fact the maskG
of stoic cheerfulnessE
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to take away my swaggerH
tame my wild hair and rebellious tongueI
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because that's where the doctorsE
sent their daughtersE
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because the nuns would know what to doJ
with a girl like meK
because they would do their bestL
to pour me into the moldM
with china limbs and lace collarsE
and because they had their fingers crossedN
that I would come out niceE
like a floral centerpiece you couldO
put right into the centerH
of your dinner party gleamingP
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as heads of cut flowersE
bobbed there grateful arrangedQ
blinking and nodding with graceE
saying yes yes turn meK
and they would turn meK
from what I wasE
into what they wantedR
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not the wolf girlS
not soaring beast with smoking hairT
but a tame HerefordD
amiable smooth child they could loveU
with no thoughts that were devil bornV
a flat good prize of a girlS
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and there where I lookedW
in a morning mirrorH
I would encounter myselfX
calm bovine acceptingP
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beloved of Mother SuperiorH
cherished of God the FatherH

Geraldine Connolly



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