On The Hotel Balcony Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC DEF A GHI J KL MN OP Q RS TUV QW| sundown Miami | A |
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| They've come through the sliding door | B |
| her first | C |
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| to share what they're carrying wine | D |
| and local fruit He brings a pencil out a pad of paper | E |
| and sketches the oranges | F |
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| the open knife He sketches her feet up over the sea | A |
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| and watches while she turns | G |
| softer touched by light which turns the leaves | H |
| watery orange | I |
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| It turns her face | J |
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| so he sticks to particulars the long sweep underside | K |
| of thigh the hollow | L |
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| below the ankle a sharp curve | M |
| of bone Still she's looking away at a beach house | N |
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| a yellow bicycle It's the moment afterward | O |
| that's taken and set them adrift Each | P |
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| will go over the ocean | Q |
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| and it's no matter if the sketch | R |
| bears a certain resemblance | S |
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| it cannot attach her to the world | T |
| nor can he now | U |
| say her name quietly enough | V |
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| to draw her back through interruption | Q |
| make her stay | W |
Kate Northrop
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