The Lucky Ones Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFG HI JKL MN BOG BP QR G ISTB UVHOW XBYZ| stuck in the rain on the freeway p m | A |
| these are the lucky ones these are the | B |
| dutifully employed most with their radios on as loud | C |
| as possible as they try not to think or remember | D |
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| this is our new civilization as men | E |
| once lived in trees and caves now they live | F |
| in their automobiles and on freeways as | G |
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| the local news is heard again and again while | H |
| we shift from first gear to second and back to first | I |
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| there's a poor fellow stalled in the fast lane ahead hood | J |
| up he's standing against the freeway fence | K |
| a newspaper over his head in the rain | L |
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| the other cars force their way around his car pull out into | M |
| the next lane in front of cars determined to shut them off | N |
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| in the lane to my right a driver is being followed by a | B |
| police car with blinking red and blue lights he surely | O |
| can't be i speeding i as | G |
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| suddenly the rain comes down in a giant wash and all the | B |
| cars stop and | P |
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| even with the windows up I can smell somebody's clutch | Q |
| burning | R |
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| I just hope it's not mine as | G |
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| the wall of water diminishes and we go back into first | I |
| gear we are all still | S |
| a long way from home as I memorize | T |
| the silhouette of the car in front of me and the shape of the | B |
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| driver's head or | U |
| what | V |
| I can see of it above the headrest while | H |
| his bumper sticker asks me | O |
| HAVE YOU HUGGED YOUR KID TODAY | W |
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| suddenly I have an urge to scream | X |
| as another wall of water comes down and the | B |
| man on the radio announces that there will be a percent | Y |
| chance of showers tomorrow night | Z |
Charles Bukowski
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