Whats The Use Of A Title? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJ AKLMFA BNBNO PQRST AUV WON O

They don't make itA
the beautiful die in flameB
suicide pills rat poison rope whatC
everD
they rip their arms offE
throw themselves out of windowsF
they pull their eyes out of the socketsG
reject loveH
reject hateI
reject rejectJ
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they don't make itA
the beautiful can't endureK
they are butterfliesL
they are dovesM
they are sparrowsF
they don't make itA
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one tall shot of flameB
while the old men play checkers in the parkN
one flame one good flameB
while the old men play checkers in the parkN
in the sunO
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the beautiful are found in the edge of a roomP
crumpled into spiders and needles and silenceQ
and we can never understand why theyR
left they were soS
beautifulT
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they don't make itA
the beautiful die youngU
and leave the ugly to their ugly livesV
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lovely and brilliant life and suicide and deathW
as the old men play checkers in the sunO
in the parkN
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Charles Bukowski



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