Winter Promises Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJ KLGMNBOPQR| Tomatoes rosy as perfect baby's buttocks | A |
| eggplants glossy as waxed fenders | B |
| purple neon flawless glistening | C |
| peppers pole beans fecund and fast | D |
| growing as Jack's Viagra sped stalk | E |
| big as truck tire zinnias that mildew | F |
| will never wilt roses weighing down | G |
| a bush never touched by black spot | H |
| brave little fruit trees shouldering up | I |
| their spotless ornaments of glass fruit | J |
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| I lie on the couch under a blanket | K |
| of seed catalogs ordering far | L |
| too much Sleet slides down | G |
| the windows a wind edged | M |
| with ice knifes through every crack | N |
| Lie to me sweet garden mongers | B |
| I want to believe every promise | O |
| to trust in five pound tomatoes | P |
| and dahlias brighter than the sun | Q |
| that was eaten by frost last week | R |
Marge Piercy
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