Be Kind Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFG AHIJKGLM NOMPQRGHP S ST UCVWX Y ZPA2B2 PPA2G G| we are always asked | A |
| to understand the other person's | B |
| viewpoint | C |
| no matter how | D |
| out dated | E |
| foolish or | F |
| obnoxious | G |
| - | |
| one is asked | A |
| to view | H |
| their total error | I |
| their life waste | J |
| with | K |
| kindliness | G |
| especially if they are | L |
| aged | M |
| - | |
| but age is the total of | N |
| our doing | O |
| they have aged | M |
| badly | P |
| because they have | Q |
| lived | R |
| out of focus | G |
| they have refused to | H |
| see | P |
| - | |
| not their fault | S |
| - | |
| whose fault | S |
| mine | T |
| - | |
| I am asked to hide | U |
| my viewpoint | C |
| from them | V |
| for fear of their | W |
| fear | X |
| - | |
| age is no crime | Y |
| - | |
| but the shame | Z |
| of a deliberately | P |
| wasted | A2 |
| life | B2 |
| - | |
| among so many | P |
| deliberately | P |
| wasted | A2 |
| lives | G |
| - | |
| is | G |
Charles Bukowski
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