The Reckoning Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDF GHIJ| All profits disappear the gain | A |
| Of ease the hoarded secret sum | B |
| And now grim digits of old pain | A |
| Return to litter up our home | C |
| - | |
| We hunt the cause of ruin add | D |
| Subtract and put ourselves in pawn | E |
| For all our scratching on the pad | D |
| We cannot trace the error down | F |
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| What we are seeking is a fare | G |
| One way a chance to be secure | H |
| The lack that keeps us what we are | I |
| The penny that usurps the poor | J |
Theodore Roethke
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