Five For Country Music Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCD EFGH I J KLMN OP I Q RS TUVW X Y EIZ YA2B2 C2 OD2E2F2 E2G2H2| I Insomnia | A |
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| The bulb at the front door burns and burns | B |
| If it were a white rose it would tire of blooming | C |
| through another endless night | D |
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| The moon knows the routine | E |
| it beats the bushes from east to west | F |
| and sets empty handed Again the one | G |
| she is waiting for has outrun the moon | H |
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| II Old Money | I |
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| The spotted hands shake as they polish the coins | J |
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| The shiny penny goes under the tongue | K |
| the two silver pieces | L |
| weighted by pyramids | M |
| will shut down the eyes | N |
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| All the rest is paper | O |
| useless in any world but this | P |
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| III Home Movie | I |
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| She knows that walk that whistle that knock | Q |
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| It's the black wolf who sticks | R |
| his floured paw underneath the door | S |
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| She tries not to open One look at his face | T |
| and she'll drop the gun He will pick it up | U |
| and turn it on her where she waits | V |
| her eyes shining her hands over her head | W |
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| IV Golden Boy | X |
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| Whitewashed the eyes refuse you | Y |
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| And so the mouth must be serene | E |
| the muscles play the body | I |
| take an easy stance | Z |
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| to divert you from the two | Y |
| boarded up chambers | A2 |
| where someone has died | B2 |
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| V Washing Day | C2 |
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| Each year her laundry line gets lighter | O |
| One by one they disappear | D2 |
| ten little Indians They take their socks | E2 |
| their jeans their stiff plaid shirts | F2 |
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| Above the Ford on its concrete blocks | E2 |
| striped and zippered | G2 |
| her cotton dress flutters on and on | H2 |
Lisel Mueller
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