The Blackbirds Are Rough Today Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DC EFG HI JEKLMNOPQR STUV WOXYXZA2B2C2D2D2E2F2 G2H2I2B2J2K2 DL2B2OM2N2H2O2P2HQ2 XR2EWS2| lonely as a dry and used orchard | A |
| spread over the earth | B |
| for use and surrender | C |
| - | |
| shot down like an ex pug selling | D |
| dailies on the corner | C |
| - | |
| taken by tears like | E |
| an aging chorus girl | F |
| who has gotten her last check | G |
| - | |
| a hanky is in order your lord your | H |
| worship | I |
| - | |
| the blackbirds are rough today | J |
| like | E |
| ingrown toenails | K |
| in an overnight | L |
| jail | M |
| wine wine whine | N |
| the blackbirds run around and | O |
| fly around | P |
| harping about | Q |
| Spanish melodies and bones | R |
| - | |
| and everywhere is | S |
| nowhere | T |
| the dream is as bad as | U |
| flapjacks and flat tires | V |
| - | |
| why do we go on | W |
| with our minds and | O |
| pockets full of | X |
| dust | Y |
| like a bad boy just out of | X |
| school | Z |
| you tell | A2 |
| me | B2 |
| you who were a hero in some | C2 |
| revolution | D2 |
| you who teach children | D2 |
| you who drink with calmness | E2 |
| you who own large homes | F2 |
| and walk in gardens | G2 |
| you who have killed a man and own a | H2 |
| beautiful wife | I2 |
| you tell me | B2 |
| why I am on fire like old dry | J2 |
| garbage | K2 |
| - | |
| we might surely have some interesting | D |
| correspondence | L2 |
| it will keep the mailman busy | B2 |
| and the butterflies and ants and bridges and | O |
| cemeteries | M2 |
| the rocket makers and dogs and garage mechanics | N2 |
| will still go on a | H2 |
| while | O2 |
| until we run out of stamps | P2 |
| and or | H |
| ideas | Q2 |
| - | |
| don't be ashamed of | X |
| anything I guess God meant it all | R2 |
| like | E |
| locks on | W |
| doors | S2 |
Charles Bukowski
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