To My Beard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEFGHIIJKLMBNHOB APQRSTUGV| What can I say but I am sorry | A |
| I apologize for what I do to you | B |
| my daily ruthlessness and cruelty | A |
| What can I do but ask for your forgiveness | C |
| and your patience For someday | D |
| I promise you someday I swear | E |
| on the beards of the prophets | F |
| and on the beard of the poet Whitman and | G |
| on the beard of the president Lincoln | H |
| and on the red beard of the grandfather | I |
| I will not stop you any longer | I |
| I will let you go free I will take down | J |
| the fence around you made of sharp blades | K |
| For someday I promise you I will let | L |
| you run wild through the valleys | M |
| of my face like a stallion I will let you | B |
| wander over the desert of my face | N |
| like a holy man in his vision of heaven | H |
| and hell I will let you grow blossom | O |
| and flourish and I will stroke you | B |
| and comb you and keep you orderly | A |
| and free of knots and tangles | P |
| and you in turn will make me look | Q |
| distinguished a wise old man as I stroke | R |
| you looking serious looking as though | S |
| I were thinking deep thoughts about | T |
| life and death But I will be thinking | U |
| only about you my beard my second | G |
| face and this will be our secret | V |
J.r. Solonche
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 07/09/2021
Poet's note: I don't have a beard, so it's an apology to the beard I keep shaving off everyday.
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