The Old Flame Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDD EFGHI HJKLJ MFNOF PLQRS TUDVW XLLYZ A2B2C2C2D2 E2DF2QG2

My old flame my wifeA
Remember our lists of birdsB
One morning last summer I droveC
by our house in Maine It was stillD
on top of its hillD
-
Now a red ear of Indian maizeE
was splashed on the doorF
Old Glory with thirteen stripesG
hung on a pole The clapboardH
was old red schoolhouse redI
-
Inside a new landlordH
a new wife a new broomJ
Atlantic seaboard antique shopK
pewter and plunderL
shone in each roomJ
-
A new frontierM
No running next doorF
now to phone the sheriffN
for his taxi to BathO
and the State Liquor StoreF
-
No one saw your ghostlyP
imaginary loverL
stare through the windowQ
and tightenR
the scarf at his throatS
-
Health to the new peopleT
health to their flag to their oldU
restored house on the hillD
Everything had been swept bareV
furnished garnished and airedW
-
Everything's changed for the bestX
how quivering and fierce we wereL
there snowbound togetherL
simmering like waspsY
in our tent of booksZ
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Poor ghost old love speakA2
with your old voiceB2
of flaming insightC2
that kept us awake all nightC2
In one bed and apartD2
-
we heard the plowE2
groaning up hillD
a red light then a blueF2
as it tossed off the snowQ
to the side of the roadG2

Robert Lowell



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