For Saundra Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGAHIBJKLMJN EBOP QRASNE ECS| I wanted to write | A |
| a poem | B |
| that rhymes | C |
| but revolution doesn't lend | D |
| itself to be bopping | E |
| - | |
| then my neighbor | F |
| who thinks i hate | G |
| asked do you ever write | A |
| tree poems i like trees | H |
| so i thought | I |
| i'll write a beautiful green tree poem | B |
| peeked from my window | J |
| to check the image | K |
| noticed that the school yard was covered | L |
| with asphalt | M |
| no green no trees grow | J |
| in manhattan | N |
| - | |
| - | |
| then well i thought the sky | E |
| i'll do a big blue sky poem | B |
| but all the clouds have winged | O |
| low since no Dick was elected | P |
| - | |
| - | |
| so i thought again | Q |
| and it occurred to me | R |
| maybe i shouldn't write | A |
| at all | S |
| but clean my gun | N |
| and check my kerosene supply | E |
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| - | |
| perhaps these are not poetic | E |
| times | C |
| at all | S |
Nikki Giovanni
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