Stopped Dead Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDD EDFGH IDDIJ KKLMM NONPD| A squeal of brakes | A |
| Or is it a birth cry | B |
| And here we are hung out over the dead drop | C |
| Uncle pants factory Fatso millionaire | D |
| And you out cold beside me in your chair | D |
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| The wheels two rubber grubs bite their sweet tails | E |
| Is that Spain down there | D |
| Red and yellow two passionate hot metals | F |
| Writhing and sighing what sort of a scenery is it | G |
| It isn't England it isn't France it isn't Ireland | H |
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| It's violent We're here on a visit | I |
| With a goddam baby screaming off somewhere | D |
| There's always a bloody baby in the air | D |
| I'd call it a sunset but | I |
| Whoever heard a sunset yowl like that | J |
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| You are sunk in your seven chins still as a ham | K |
| Who do you think I am | K |
| Uncle uncle | L |
| Sad Hamlet with a knife | M |
| Where do you stash your life | M |
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| Is it a penny a pearl | N |
| Your soul your soul | O |
| I'll carry it off like a rich pretty girl | N |
| Simply open the door and step out of the car | P |
| And live in Gibraltar on air on air | D |
Sylvia Plath
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