Things Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHIJK LMN OKPQRA| What happened is we grew lonely | A |
| living among the things | B |
| so we gave the clock a face | C |
| the chair a back | D |
| the table four stout legs | E |
| which will never suffer fatigue | F |
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| We fitted our shoes with tongues | G |
| as smooth as our own | H |
| and hung tongues inside bells | I |
| so we could listen | J |
| to their emotional language | K |
| - | |
| and because we loved graceful profiles | L |
| the pitcher received a lip | M |
| the bottle a long slender neck | N |
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| Even what was beyond us | O |
| was recast in our image | K |
| we gave the country a heart | P |
| the storm an eye | Q |
| the cave a mouth | R |
| so we could pass into safety | A |
Lisel Mueller
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