Portrait Number Five: Against A New York Summer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBEBFGBDHIBJEKHLB MBBN O| I'd walk her home after work | A |
| buying roses and talking of Bechsteins | B |
| She was full of soul | C |
| Her small room was gorged with heat | D |
| and there were no windows | B |
| She'd take off everything | E |
| but her pants | B |
| and take the pins from her hair | F |
| throwing them on the floor | G |
| with a great noise | B |
| Like Crete | D |
| We wouldn't make love | H |
| She'd get on the bed | I |
| with those nipples | B |
| and we'd lie | J |
| sweating | E |
| and talking of my best friend | K |
| They were in love | H |
| When I got quiet | L |
| she'd put on usually Debussy | B |
| and | M |
| leaning down to the small ribs | B |
| bite me | B |
| Hard | N |
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| Anonymous submission | O |
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