Resignation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHAIJBAG AKLIMNMOPQRHSATP UAIVWNXYIAZA2AB2C2A D2E2AIIAF2E2G2IAH2I2 IMJ2NK2AK2A AIAIIIL2AIZAA| I love you | A |
| because the Earth turns round the sun | B |
| because the North wind blows north | C |
| sometimes | D |
| because the Pope is Catholic | E |
| and most Rabbis Jewish | F |
| because the winters flow into springs | G |
| and the air clears after a storm | H |
| because only my love for you | A |
| despite the charms of gravity | I |
| keeps me from falling off this Earth | J |
| into another dimension | B |
| I love you | A |
| because it is the natural order of things | G |
| - | |
| I love you | A |
| like the habit I picked up in college | K |
| of sleeping through lectures | L |
| or saying I'm sorry | I |
| when I get stopped for speeding | M |
| because I drink a glass of water | N |
| in the morning | M |
| and chain smoke cigarettes | O |
| all through the day | P |
| because I take my coffee Black | Q |
| and my milk with chocolate | R |
| because you keep my feet warm | H |
| though my life a mess | S |
| I love you | A |
| because I don't want it | T |
| any other way | P |
| - | |
| I am helpless | U |
| in my love for you | A |
| It makes me so happy | I |
| to hear you call my name | V |
| I am amazed you can resist | W |
| locking me in an echo chamber | N |
| where your voice reverberates | X |
| through the four walls | Y |
| sending me into spasmatic ecstasy | I |
| I love you | A |
| because it's been so good | Z |
| for so long | A2 |
| that if I didn't love you | A |
| I'd have to be born again | B2 |
| and that is not a theological statement | C2 |
| I am pitiful in my love for you | A |
| - | |
| The Dells tell me Love | D2 |
| is so simple | E2 |
| the thought though of you | A |
| sends indescribably delicious multitudinous | I |
| thrills throughout and through in my body | I |
| I love you | A |
| because no two snowflakes are alike | F2 |
| and it is possible | E2 |
| if you stand tippy toe | G2 |
| to walk between the raindrops | I |
| I love you | A |
| because I am afraid of the dark | H2 |
| and can't sleep in the light | I2 |
| because I rub my eyes | I |
| when I wake up in the morning | M |
| and find you there | J2 |
| because you with all your magic powers were | N |
| determined that | K2 |
| I should love you | A |
| because there was nothing for you but that | K2 |
| I would love you | A |
| - | |
| I love you | A |
| because you made me | I |
| want to love you | A |
| more than I love my privacy | I |
| my freedom my commitments | I |
| and responsibilities | I |
| I love you 'cause I changed my life | L2 |
| to love you | A |
| because you saw me one Friday | I |
| afternoon and decided that I would | Z |
| love you | A |
| I love you I love you I love you | A |
Nikki Giovanni
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