Hell Is A Lonely Place Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHI JKAH FDLMCNLOP QRCSTSU VWKHAXACI AAYFAC ZK CKA2 B2GC2 D2E2F2G2H2 I2E2AJ2 K2L2 M2LEN2O2P2Q2D2R2K2 CMF2| cancer of the | A |
| mouth | B |
| there were | C |
| operations radiation | D |
| treatments | E |
| which decayed the bones in his | F |
| jaw | G |
| which then had to be | H |
| wired | I |
| - | |
| daily he put his wife in | J |
| rubber diapers | K |
| like a | A |
| baby | H |
| - | |
| unable to drive in his | F |
| condition | D |
| he had to take a taxi to | L |
| the medical | M |
| center | C |
| had difficulty speaking | N |
| had to | L |
| write the directions | O |
| down | P |
| - | |
| on his last visit | Q |
| they informed him | R |
| there would be another | C |
| operation a bit more | S |
| left | T |
| cheek and a bit more | S |
| tongue | U |
| - | |
| when he returned | V |
| he changed his wife's | W |
| diapers | K |
| put on the tv | H |
| dinners watched the | A |
| evening news | X |
| then went to the bedroom got the | A |
| gun put it to her | C |
| temple fired | I |
| - | |
| she fell to the | A |
| left he sat upon the | A |
| couch | Y |
| put the gun into his | F |
| mouth pulled the | A |
| trigger | C |
| - | |
| the shots didn't arouse | Z |
| the neighbors | K |
| - | |
| later | C |
| the burning tv dinners | K |
| did | A2 |
| - | |
| somebody arrived pushed | B2 |
| the door open saw | G |
| it | C2 |
| - | |
| soon | D2 |
| the police arrived and | E2 |
| went through their | F2 |
| routine found | G2 |
| some items | H2 |
| - | |
| a closed savings | I2 |
| account and | E2 |
| a checkbook with a | A |
| balance of | J2 |
| - | |
| suicide they | K2 |
| deduced | L2 |
| - | |
| in three weeks | M2 |
| there were two | L |
| new tenants | E |
| a computer engineer | N2 |
| named | O2 |
| Ross | P2 |
| and his wife | Q2 |
| Anatana | D2 |
| who studied | R2 |
| ballet | K2 |
| - | |
| they looked like another | C |
| upwardly mobile | M |
| pair | F2 |
Charles Bukowski
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