Waiting Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEAFGHIJK ALMNOPANAQ| When I am alone I am happy | A |
| The air is cool The sky is | B |
| flecked and splashed and wound | C |
| with color The crimson phalloi | D |
| of the sassafras leaves | E |
| hang crowded before me | A |
| in shoals on the heavy branches | F |
| When I reach my doorstep | G |
| I am greeted by | H |
| the happy shrieks of my children | I |
| and my heart sinks | J |
| I am crushed | K |
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| Are not my children as dear to me | A |
| as falling leaves or | L |
| must one become stupid | M |
| to grow older | N |
| It seems much as if Sorrow | O |
| had tripped up my heels | P |
| Let us see let us see | A |
| What did I plan to say to her | N |
| when it should happen to me | A |
| as it has happened now | Q |
William Carlos Williams
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