The Woman In The Ordinary Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDECFGHIJKLHMNOP| The woman in the ordinary pudgy downcast girl | A |
| is crouching with eyes and muscles clenched | B |
| Round and pebble smooth she effaces herself | C |
| under ripples of conversation and debate | D |
| The woman in the block of ivory soap | E |
| has massive thighs that neigh | C |
| great breasts that blare and strong arms that trumpet | F |
| The woman of the golden fleece | G |
| laughs uproariously from the belly | H |
| inside the girl who imitates | I |
| a Christmas card virgin with glued hands | J |
| who fishes for herself in other's eyes | K |
| who stoops and creeps to make herself smaller | L |
| In her bottled up is a woman peppery as curry | H |
| a yam of a woman of butter and brass | M |
| compounded of acid and sweet like a pineapple | N |
| like a handgrenade set to explode | O |
| like goldenrod ready to bloom | P |
Marge Piercy
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