Crutches Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFFGHIJK GLMNOPJQRST| it's not the crutches we decry | A |
| it's the need to move forward | B |
| though we haven't the strength | C |
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| women aren't allowed to need | D |
| so they develop rituals | E |
| since we all know working hands idle | F |
| the devil | F |
| women aren't supposed to be strong | G |
| so they develop social smiles | H |
| and secret drinking problems | I |
| and female lovers whom they never touch | J |
| except in dreams | K |
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| men are supposed to be strong | G |
| so they have heart attacks | L |
| and develop other women | M |
| who don't know their weaknesses | N |
| and hide their fears | O |
| behind male lovers | P |
| whom they religiously touch | J |
| each saturday morning on the basketball court | Q |
| it's considered a sign of health doncha know | R |
| that they take such good care | S |
| of their bodies | T |
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