Dance On Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FCG HICJK LMK JJNBH| During the dance to defy Death | A |
| you must spit into the wind signifying | B |
| your inevitable loss for you | C |
| may stave it off for a short while | D |
| but victory you'll never win | E |
| - | |
| Though you may take careful stabs | F |
| at its heart it will continue to | C |
| throb consume and destroy | G |
| - | |
| The thought never crosses your | H |
| mind when you're young yet it's | I |
| ever vigilant and eager for you to | C |
| come closer to the edge until | J |
| slipping into its pitiless brink | K |
| - | |
| Yet somehow it seems that innocence | L |
| always manages to keep you far away from | M |
| its acrid breath its stagnant stink | K |
| - | |
| Just dance on my child until | J |
| you can dance no more until | J |
| Death lightly taps Life on the | N |
| shoulder and sends Him stumbling | B |
| out the door | H |
Michael Mcguire
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