Poem (the Lump Of Coal My Parents Teased) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKE LMNO GPEQ N| The lump of coal my parents teased | A |
| I'd find in my Christmas stocking | B |
| turned out each year to be an orange | C |
| for I was their sunshine | D |
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| Now I have one C gave me | E |
| a dense node of sleeping fire | F |
| I keep it where I read and write | G |
| You're on chummy terms with dread | H |
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| it reminds me You kiss ambivalence | I |
| on both cheeks But if you close your | J |
| heart to me ever I'll wreathe you in flames | K |
| and convert you to energy | E |
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| I don't know what C meant me to mind | L |
| by her gift but the sun returns | M |
| unbidden Books get read and written | N |
| My mother comes to visit My father's | O |
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| dead Love needs to be set alight | G |
| again and again and in thanks | P |
| for tending it will do its very | E |
| best not to consume us | Q |
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| Anonymous submission | N |
William Matthews
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