One Thirty-six A.m. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJ KLMANO PQRSTUVEPEWX YZA2XB2C2D2E2EB F2G2H2I2PJ2PA2 A2K2| I laugh sometimes when I think about | A |
| say | B |
| C line at a typewriter | C |
| or Dostoevsky | D |
| or Hamsun | E |
| ordinary men with feet ears eyes | F |
| ordinary men with hair on their heads | G |
| sitting there typing words | H |
| while having difficulties with life | I |
| while being puzzled almost to madness | J |
| - | |
| Dostoevsky gets up | K |
| he leaves the machine to piss | L |
| comes back | M |
| drinks a glass of milk and thinks about | A |
| the casino and | N |
| the roulette wheel | O |
| - | |
| C line stops gets up walks to the | P |
| window looks out thinks my last patient | Q |
| died today I won't have to make any more | R |
| visits there | S |
| when I saw him last | T |
| he paid his doctor bill | U |
| it's those who don't pay their bills | V |
| they live on and on | E |
| C line walks back sits down at the | P |
| machine | E |
| is still for a good two minutes | W |
| then begins to type | X |
| - | |
| Hamsun stands over his machine thinking | Y |
| I wonder if they are going to believe | Z |
| all these things I write | A2 |
| he sits down begins to type | X |
| he doesn't know what a writer's block | B2 |
| is | C2 |
| he's a prolific son of a bitch | D2 |
| damn near as magnificent as | E2 |
| the sun | E |
| he types away | B |
| - | |
| and I laugh | F2 |
| not out loud | G2 |
| but all up and down these walls these | H2 |
| dirty yellow and blue walls | I2 |
| my white cat asleep on the | P |
| table | J2 |
| hiding his eyes from the | P |
| light | A2 |
| - | |
| he's not alone tonight | A2 |
| and neither am | K2 |
| I | - |
Charles Bukowski
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