Kin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHIJ KLJM LNO PQRST OUAVJWPOFOR 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 |
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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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