Suicide Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFG HICJKLM NOPQCHRS TKUVSWXA YAKZA2B2CC2 D2E2F2G2PH2H| Nobody cares whether he lives or dies | A |
| So he loses his reasons for living | B |
| The girl he loves doesn t love him | C |
| She turned down his advances | D |
| No woman has ever returned his love | E |
| He feels as if he doesn t fit in with others | F |
| And sadness is his only friend | G |
| - | |
| He s ignorant of the sting of death | H |
| But he doesn t want to continue living this way | I |
| Life without love means nothing to him | C |
| So today he s going to kill himself | J |
| He s standing on the edge of the roof of a skyscraper | K |
| A gusty wind is blowing from the north | L |
| He s trembling and his heart is beating fast | M |
| - | |
| Gravity will quickly take him to the grave | N |
| And his sorrow will no longer exist | O |
| He doesn t have anyone to tell goodbye | P |
| So he won t leave a suicide note | Q |
| Everyone has turned their backs on him | C |
| He s ready to jump to his death | H |
| But he looks across the roof and sees a woman | R |
| She s sitting on the edge of the roof | S |
| - | |
| He had never seen such a weeping beauty | T |
| She writes something on a piece of paper | K |
| Then she puts the paper in her bag | U |
| He knows that she s about to commit suicide | V |
| She gets up to jump off the roof | S |
| Not knowing that someone else is there | W |
| She spreads her arms as an eagle spreads its wings | X |
| And then she closes her eyes | A |
| - | |
| He calls out to her concernedly | Y |
| She looks around with hope in her eyes | A |
| And he begins to walk towards her | K |
| She changes her mind at the last minute | Z |
| But the worst thing happens | A2 |
| She starts to lose her balance | B2 |
| He runs breathlessly to grab her limb | C |
| But unfortunately he s too late | C2 |
| - | |
| He freezes as he watches her fall to the ground | D2 |
| Imagine the thoughts going through his mind | E2 |
| She could ve been the love of his life | F2 |
| But the beautiful woman is gone | G2 |
| This adds to his reasons for wanting to die | P |
| He lets go of the parapet and falls like his tears | H2 |
| And he flies without wings to join her in death | H |
Marlon Pitter
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