Possum Crossing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGHCI JKL MNOP QRSDTGUVW| Backing out the driveway | A |
| the car lights cast an eerie glow | B |
| in the morning fog centering | C |
| on movement in the rain slick street | D |
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| Hitting brakes I anticipate a squirrel or a cat or sometimes | E |
| a little raccoon | F |
| I once braked for a blind little mole who try though he did | G |
| could not escape the cat toying with his life | H |
| Mother to be possum occasionally lopes home being | C |
| naturally slow her condition makes her even more ginger | I |
| - | |
| We need a sign POSSUM CROSSING to warn coffee gurgling neighbors | J |
| we share the streets with more than trucks and vans and | K |
| railroad crossings | L |
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| All birds being the living kin of dinosaurs | M |
| think themselves invincible and pay no heed | N |
| to the rolling wheels while they dine | O |
| on an unlucky rabbit | P |
| - | |
| I hit brakes for the flutter of the lights hoping it's not a deer | Q |
| or a skunk or a groundhog | R |
| coffee splashes over the cup which I quickly put away from me | S |
| and into the empty passenger seat | D |
| I look | T |
| relieved and exasperated | G |
| to discover I have just missed a big wet leaf | U |
| struggling to lift itself into the wind | V |
| and live | W |
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