Poetics Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEEFG HIJKLMNO| You know the old story Ann Landers tells | A |
| About the houseife in her basement doing the wash | B |
| She's wearing her nightie and she thinks Well hell | C |
| I might's well put this in as well and then | D |
| Being dripped on by a leaky pipe puts on | E |
| Her son's football helmet whereupon | E |
| The meter reader happens to walk through | F |
| and Lady he gravely says I sure hope your team wins | G |
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| A story many times told in many ways | H |
| The set of random accidents redeemed | I |
| By one more accident as though chaos | J |
| Were the order that was before the creation came | K |
| That is the way things happen in the world | L |
| A joke a disappointment satisfied | M |
| As we walk through doing our daily round | N |
| Reading the meter making things add up | O |
Howard Nemerov
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