The Night I Was Going To Die Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIBJGIKBLMNOP QRSTUVWBXJYAZA2B2C2D 2B2| the 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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