Goading The Muse Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDECFGHIJIKLMNOFPF QFQRSBFFFTUVFLJWXFYX JXQXWX WWFZJFQZA2O B2 C2D2FFE2F2C2 G2H2FI2JWJ2 WF

this man used to be anA
interesting writerB
he was able to say brisk andC
refreshing thingsD
at the timeE
I suggested to the editors andC
the critics that he was one toF
be watchedG
and also that he had hardly yet beenH
noticedI
and that he certainly should now beJ
noticedI
this writer used some of myK
remarks as blurbs for hisL
books which I didn'tM
mindN
all of his publications were littleO
chapbooks toF
pagesP
mimeographedF
they came out at aQ
rapid rateF
perhaps three or four aQ
yearR
the problem was that eachS
chapbook seemed a little weakerB
than the one that precededF
itF
but he continued to use my oldF
blurbsT
my wife noticed the changeU
in his writingV
tooF
'what's happened to hisL
writing ' she asked meJ
'he's doing too much of it he'sW
pushing it out forcing it 'X
'this stuff is bad you ought toF
tell him to stop using yourY
blurbs 'X
'I can't do that I just wish heJ
wouldn't publish so much 'X
'well you publish all theQ
time too 'X
'with me ' I told her 'it'sW
different 'X
-
yesterday I received another of hisW
little chapbooksW
with his delicate dedication scrawledF
on the title pageZ
this latest effort was totallyJ
flatF
the words just fell off theQ
pageZ
dead onA2
arrivalO
-
where had he goneB2
-
too much ambitionC2
too much just doing it for the sakeD2
of doing itF
just not waiting for the words toF
pile up inside and thenE2
explode of their ownF2
volitionC2
-
I decided then I should take a whole weekG2
offH2
be on the safe sideF
just shut the computer downI2
forget the whole damned sillyJ
businessW
for awhileJ2
-
as I said that wasW
yesterdayF

Charles Bukowski



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