This Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF GHI D FJK DEF F L M N DOP QR S TUV DEB FJK NWOself congratulatory nonsense as the | A |
famous gather to applaud their seeming | B |
greatness | C |
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you | D |
wonder where | E |
the real ones are | F |
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what | G |
giant cave | H |
hides them | I |
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as | - |
the deathly talentless | - |
bow to | D |
accolades | - |
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as | - |
the fools are | F |
fooled | J |
again | K |
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you | D |
wonder where | E |
the real ones are | F |
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if there are | F |
real ones | - |
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this | - |
self congratulatory nonsense | - |
has lasted | L |
decades | - |
and | M |
with some exceptions | - |
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centuries | - |
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this | - |
is so dreary | N |
is so absolutely pitiless | - |
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it | - |
churns the gut to | D |
powder | O |
shackles hope | P |
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it | - |
makes little things | - |
like | Q |
pulling up a shade | R |
or | - |
putting on your shoes | - |
or | - |
walking out on the street | S |
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more difficult | T |
near | U |
damnable | V |
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as | - |
the famous gather to | D |
applaud their | E |
seeming | B |
greatness | - |
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as | - |
the fools are | F |
fooled | J |
again | K |
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humanity | N |
you sick | W |
mother | O |
Charles Bukowski
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