To A Daughter Leaving Home Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADEFGHIFJKLAMNFFO FPFK| When I taught you | A |
| at eight to ride | B |
| a bicycle loping along | C |
| beside you | A |
| as you wobbled away | D |
| on two round wheels | E |
| my own mouth rounding | F |
| in surprise when you pulled | G |
| ahead down the curved | H |
| path of the park | I |
| I kept waiting | F |
| for the thud | J |
| of your crash as I | K |
| sprinted to catch up | L |
| while you grew | A |
| smaller more breakable | M |
| with distance | N |
| pumping pumping | F |
| for your life screaming | F |
| with laughter | O |
| the hair flapping | F |
| behind you like a | P |
| handkerchief waving | F |
| goodbye | K |
Linda Pastan
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