This Is A Photograph Of Me Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FEBGHIJ KL MN EO PQREM SBB| It was taken some time ago | A |
| At first it seems to be | B |
| a smeared | C |
| print blurred lines and grey flecks | D |
| blended with the paper | E |
| - | |
| then as you scan | F |
| it you can see something in the left hand corner | E |
| a thing that is like a branch part of a tree | B |
| balsam or spruce emerging | G |
| and to the right halfway up | H |
| what ought to be a gentle | I |
| slope a small frame house | J |
| - | |
| In the background there is a lake | K |
| and beyond that some low hills | L |
| - | |
| The photograph was taken | M |
| the day after I drowned | N |
| - | |
| I am in the lake in the center | E |
| of the picture just under the surface | O |
| - | |
| It is difficult to say where | P |
| precisely or to say | Q |
| how large or how small I am | R |
| the effect of water | E |
| on light is a distortion | M |
| - | |
| but if you look long enough | S |
| eventually | B |
| you will see me | B |
Margaret Atwood
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