Morning In The Burned House Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAB CDE FGH IJK LFH KMN OHP HQQ FRS TUS HSH VWW| In the burned house I am eating breakfast | A |
| You understand there is no house there is no breakfast | A |
| yet here I am | B |
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| The spoon which was melted scrapes against | C |
| the bowl which was melted also | D |
| No one else is around | E |
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| Where have they gone to brother and sister | F |
| mother and father Off along the shore | G |
| perhaps Their clothes are still on the hangers | H |
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| their dishes piled beside the sink | I |
| which is beside the woodstove | J |
| with its grate and sooty kettle | K |
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| every detail clear | L |
| tin cup and rippled mirror | F |
| The day is bright and songless | H |
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| the lake is blue the forest watchful | K |
| In the east a bank of cloud | M |
| rises up silently like dark bread | N |
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| I can see the swirls in the oilcloth | O |
| I can see the flaws in the glass | H |
| those flares where the sun hits them | P |
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| I can't see my own arms and legs | H |
| or know if this is a trap or blessing | Q |
| finding myself back here where everything | Q |
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| in this house has long been over | F |
| kettle and mirror spoon and bowl | R |
| including my own body | S |
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| including the body I had then | T |
| including the body I have now | U |
| as I sit at this morning table alone and happy | S |
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| bare child's feet on the scorched floorboards | H |
| I can almost see | S |
| in my burning clothes the thin green shorts | H |
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| and grubby yellow T shirt | V |
| holding my cindery non existent | W |
| radiant flesh Incandescent | W |
Margaret Atwood
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