The Genius Of The Crowd Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDE FED GGGHCGIJKLMNAA OPHQQRMSSGTHUPV WXNJY S Z| there is enough treachery hatred violence absurdity in the average | A |
| human being to supply any given army on any given day | B |
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| and the best at murder are those who preach against it | C |
| and the best at hate are those who preach love | D |
| and the best at war finally are those who preach peace | E |
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| those who preach god need god | F |
| those who preach peace do not have peace | E |
| those who preach peace do not have love | D |
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| beware the preachers | G |
| beware the knowers | G |
| beware those who are always reading books | G |
| beware those who either detest poverty | H |
| or are proud of it | C |
| beware those quick to praise | G |
| for they need praise in return | I |
| beware those who are quick to censor | J |
| they are afraid of what they do not know | K |
| beware those who seek constant crowds for | L |
| they are nothing alone | M |
| beware the average man the average woman | N |
| beware their love their love is average | A |
| seeks average | A |
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| but there is genius in their hatred | O |
| there is enough genius in their hatred to kill you | P |
| to kill anybody | H |
| not wanting solitude | Q |
| not understanding solitude | Q |
| they will attempt to destroy anything | R |
| that differs from their own | M |
| not being able to create art | S |
| they will not understand art | S |
| they will consider their failure as creators | G |
| only as a failure of the world | T |
| not being able to love fully | H |
| they will believe your love incomplete | U |
| and then they will hate you | P |
| and their hatred will be perfect | V |
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| like a shining diamond | W |
| like a knife | X |
| like a mountain | N |
| like a tiger | J |
| like hemlock | Y |
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| their finest art | S |
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| Submitted by Holt | Z |
Charles Bukowski
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