The Fearful Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CD BE ED FG HH II JJ AA| This man makes a pseudonym | A |
| And crawls behind it like a worm | B |
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| This woman on the telephone | C |
| Says she is a man not a woman | D |
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| The mask increases eats the worm | B |
| Stripes for mouth and eyes and nose | E |
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| The voice of the woman hollows | E |
| More and more like a dead one | D |
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| Worms in the glottal stops | F |
| She hates | G |
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| The thought of a baby | H |
| Stealer of cells stealer of beauty | H |
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| She would rather be dead than fat | I |
| Dead and perfect like Nefertit | I |
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| Hearing the fierce mask magnify | J |
| The silver limbo of each eye | J |
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| Where the child can never swim | A |
| Where there is only him and him | A |
Sylvia Plath
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