Lament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA ACA ADA ADA AEA ABAA| The sting of bees took away my father | A |
| who walked in a swarming shroud of wings | B |
| and scorned the tick of the falling weather | A |
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| Lightning licked in a yellow lather | A |
| but missed the mark with snaking fangs | C |
| the sting of bees took away my father | A |
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| Trouncing the sea like a ragin bather | A |
| he rode the flood in a pride of prongs | D |
| and scorned the tick of the falling weather | A |
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| A scowl of sun struck down my mother | A |
| tolling her grave with golden gongs | D |
| but the sting of bees took away my father | A |
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| He counted the guns of god a bother | A |
| laughed at the ambush of angels' tongues | E |
| and scorned the tick of the falling weather | A |
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| O ransack the four winds and find another | A |
| man who can mangle the grin of kings | B |
| the sting of bees took away my father | A |
| who scorned the tick of the falling weather | A |
Sylvia Plath
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AYASI RAY: It describes the pangs and agonies of some one losing her parents. Heart touching poem. Interesting use of literary terms. Like this.
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