Kin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHIJ KLJM LNO PQRST OUAVJWPO| FOR BAILEY | A |
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| We were entwined in red rings | B |
| Of blood and loneliness before | C |
| The first snows fell | D |
| Before muddy rivers seeded clouds | E |
| Above a virgin forest and | F |
| Men ran naked blue and black | G |
| Skinned into the warm embraces | H |
| Of Sheba Eve and Lilith | I |
| I was your sister | J |
| - | |
| You left me to force strangers | K |
| Into brother molds exacting | L |
| Taxations they never | J |
| Owed or could ever pay | M |
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| You fought to die thinking | L |
| In destruction lies the seed | N |
| Of birth You may be right | O |
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| I will remember silent walks in | P |
| Southern woods and long talks | Q |
| In low voices | R |
| Shielding meaning from the big ears | S |
| Of overcurious adults | T |
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| You may be right | O |
| Your slow return from | U |
| Regions of terror and bloody | A |
| Screams races my heart | V |
| I hear again the laughter | J |
| Of children and see fireflies | W |
| Bursting tiny explosions in | P |
| An Arkansas twilight | O |
Maya Angelou
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