In Memory Of Radio Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFG HIJKL MNOPQ RSTU VW XXYZ

Who has ever stopped to think of the divinity of Lamont CranstonA
Only jack Kerouac that I know of meB
The rest of you probably had on WCBS and Kate SmithC
Or something equally unattractiveD
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What can I sayE
It is better to haved loved and lostF
Than to put linoleum in your living roomsG
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Am I a sage or somethingH
Mandrake's hypnotic gesture of the weekI
Remember I do not have the healing powers of Oral RobertsJ
I cannot like F J Sheen tell you how to get saved richK
I cannot even order you to the gaschamber satori like Hitler or Goddy KnightL
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love is an evil wordM
Turn it backwards see see what I meanN
An evol word besidesO
who understands itP
I certainly wouldn't like to go out on that kind of limbQ
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Saturday mornings we listened to the Red Lantern his undersea folkR
At Let's PretendS
we didT
I the poet still do Thank GodU
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What was it he used to say after the transformation when he was safeV
invisible the unbelievers couldn't throw stones 'Heh heh hehW
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men The Shadow knows '-
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O yes he doesX
O yes he doesX
An evil word it isY
This LoveZ

Amiri Baraka



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