Habitation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB C DEFAG C CHI C| Marriage is not | A |
| a house or even a tent | B |
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| it is before that and colder | C |
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| the edge of the forest the edge | D |
| of the desert | E |
| the unpainted stairs | F |
| at the back where we squat | A |
| outside eating popcorn | G |
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| the edge of the receding glacier | C |
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| where painfully and with wonder | C |
| at having survived even | H |
| this far | I |
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| we are learning to make fire | C |
Margaret Atwood
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