Mothers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHIJ KL MNOPQJRSTUVW XY ZAA2B2JC2YC2YMHD2E2F 2| the last time i was home | A |
| to see my mother we kissed | B |
| exchanged pleasantries | C |
| and unpleasantries pulled a warm | D |
| comforting silence around | E |
| us and read separate books | F |
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| i remember the first time | G |
| i consciously saw her | H |
| we were living in a three room | I |
| apartment on burns avenue | J |
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| mommy always sat in the dark | K |
| i don't know how i knew that but she did | L |
| - | |
| that night i stumbled into the kitchen | M |
| maybe because i've always been | N |
| a night person or perhaps because i had wet | O |
| the bed | P |
| she was sitting on a chair | Q |
| the room was bathed in moonlight diffused through | J |
| those thousands of panes landlords who rented | R |
| to people with children were prone to put in windows | S |
| she may have been smoking but maybe not | T |
| her hair was three quarters her height | U |
| which made me a strong believer in the samson myth | V |
| and very black | W |
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| i'm sure i just hung there by the door | X |
| i remember thinking what a beautiful lady | Y |
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| she was very deliberately waiting | Z |
| perhaps for my father to come home | A |
| from his night job or maybe for a dream | A2 |
| that had promised to come by | B2 |
| come here she said i'll teach you | J |
| a poem i see the moon | C2 |
| the moon sees me | Y |
| god bless the moon | C2 |
| and god bless me | Y |
| i taught it to my son | M |
| who recited it for her | H |
| just to say we must learn | D2 |
| to bear the pleasures | E2 |
| as we have borne the pains | F2 |
Nikki Giovanni
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