The Young Housewife Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGHI DHJ| At ten A M the young housewife | A |
| moves about in negligee behind | B |
| the wooden walls of her husband's house | C |
| I pass solitary in my car | D |
| - | |
| Then again she comes to the curb | E |
| to call the ice man fish man and stands | F |
| shy uncorseted tucking in | G |
| stray ends of hair and I compare her | H |
| to a fallen leaf | I |
| - | |
| The noiseless wheels of my car | D |
| rush with a crackling sound over | H |
| dried leaves as I bow and pass smiling | J |
William Carlos Williams
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