To The Muse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDAEFGHI AJKLAI MNO PQRSTPU AVWHXBAH YZURBA2M IZHAYB2A| It is all right All they do | A |
| Is go in by dividing | B |
| One rib from another I wouldn't | C |
| Lie to you It hurts | D |
| Like nothing I know All they do | A |
| Is burn their way in with a wire | E |
| It forks in and out a little like the tongue | F |
| Of that frightened garter snake we caught | G |
| At Cloverfield you and me Jenny | H |
| So long ago | I |
| - | |
| I would lie to you | A |
| If I could | J |
| But the only way I can get you to come up | K |
| Out of the suckhole the south face | L |
| Of the Powhatan pit is to tell you | A |
| What you know | I |
| - | |
| You come up after dark you poise alone | M |
| With me on the shore | N |
| I lead you back to this world | O |
| - | |
| Three lady doctors in Wheeling open | P |
| Their offices at night | Q |
| I don't have to call them they are always there | R |
| But they only have to put the knife once | S |
| Under your breast | T |
| Then they hang their contraption | P |
| And you bear it | U |
| - | |
| It's awkward a while Still it lets you | A |
| Walk about on tiptoe if you don't | V |
| Jiggle the needle | W |
| It might stab your heart you see | H |
| The blade hangs in your lung and the tube | X |
| Keeps it draining | B |
| That way they only have to stab you | A |
| Once Oh Jenny | H |
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| I wish to God I had made this world this scurvy | Y |
| And disastrous place I | Z |
| Didn't I can't bear it | U |
| Either I don't blame you sleeping down there | R |
| Face down in the unbelievable silk of spring | B |
| Muse of the black sand | A2 |
| Alone | M |
| - | |
| I don't blame you I know | I |
| The place where you lie | Z |
| I admit everything But look at me | H |
| How can I live without you | A |
| Come up to me love | Y |
| Out of the river or I will | B2 |
| Come down to you | A |
James Arlington Wright
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