On Being A Householder Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLJMNOGPJJ| I live inside of a machine | A |
| or machines Every time one | B |
| goes off another starts Why | C |
| don t I go outside and sleep | D |
| on the ground It is because | E |
| I m scared of the open night | F |
| and stars looking down at me | G |
| as God s eyes full of questions | H |
| and when I do sleep out alone | I |
| I wake up soaking wet | J |
| with the dew fall and am | K |
| being snuffed at by a female fox | L |
| who stinks from being skunked | J |
| Also there are carrion insects | M |
| climbing my private parts Therefore | N |
| I would find shelter in houses | O |
| rented or owned Anything that money | G |
| can build or buy is better than | P |
| the nothing of the sky at night | J |
| the stars being the visible past | J |
Alan Dugan
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