Home For Thanksgiving Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCA DEFG HIJK KLMN AOHB| The gathering family | A |
| throws shadows around us | B |
| it is the late afternoon | C |
| Of the family | A |
| - | |
| There is still enough light | D |
| to see all the way back | E |
| but at the windows | F |
| that light is wasting away | G |
| - | |
| Soon we will be nothing | H |
| but silhouettes the sons' | I |
| as harsh | J |
| as the fathers' | K |
| - | |
| Soon the daughters | K |
| will take off their aprons | L |
| as trees take off their leaves | M |
| for winter | N |
| - | |
| Let us eat quickly | A |
| let us fill ourselves up | O |
| the covers of the album are closing | H |
| behind us | B |
Linda Pastan
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