The Night I Was Going To Die Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIBJGIKBLMNOP QRSTUVWBXJYAZA2B2C2D 2B2the night I was going to die | A |
I was sweating on the bed | B |
and I could hear the crickets | C |
and there was a cat fight outside | D |
and I could feel my soul dropping down through the | E |
mattress | F |
and just before it hit the floor I jumped up | G |
I was almost too weak to walk | H |
but I walked around and turned on all the lights | I |
and then I went back to bed | B |
and dropped it down again and | J |
I was up | G |
turning on all the lights | I |
I had a year old daughter | K |
and I felt sure she wouldn't want me dead | B |
otherwise it wouldn't have | L |
mattered | M |
but all that night | N |
nobody phoned | O |
nobody came by with a beer | P |
my girlfriend didn't phone | Q |
all I could hear were the crickets and it was | R |
hot | S |
and I kept working at it | T |
getting up and down | U |
until the first of the sun came through the window | V |
through the bushes | W |
and then I got on the bed | B |
and the soul stayed | X |
inside at last and | J |
I slept | Y |
now people come by | A |
beating on the doors and windows | Z |
the phone rings | A2 |
the phone rings again and again | B2 |
I get great letters in the mail | C2 |
hate letters and love letters | D2 |
everything is the same again | B2 |
Charles Bukowski
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