Kenneth Patchen

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The Artist's Duty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHHIJGKBLM NOGGP QRG CRCLHC S G TF PPDGDD

So it is the duty of the artist to discourage all traces of shameA
To extend all boundariesB
To fog them in right over the plateC
To kill only what is ridiculousD
To establish problemE
To ignore solutionsF
To listen to no oneG
To omit nothingH
To contradict everythingH
To generate the free brainI
To bear no crossJ
To take part in no crucifixionG
To tinkle a warning when mankind straysK
To explode upon all partiesB
To wound deeper than the soldierL
To heal this poor obstinate monkey once and for allM
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To verify the irrationalN
To exaggerate all thingsO
To inhibit everyoneG
To lubricate each proportionG
To experience only experienceP
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To set a flame in the high airQ
To exclaim at the commonplace aloneR
To cause the unseen eyes to openG
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To admire only the abrsurdC
To be concerned with every profession save his ownR
To raise a fortuitous stink on the boulevards of truth and beautyC
To desire an electrifiable intercourse with a female alligatorL
To lift the flesh above the sufferingH
To forgive the beautiful its disconsolate deceitC
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To flash his vengeful badge at every abyssS
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To HAPPENG
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It is the artist s duty to be aliveT
To drag people into glittering occupationsF
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To blush perpetually in gaping innocenceP
To drift happily through the ruined race intelligenceP
To burrow beneath the subconsciousD
To defend the unreal at the cost of his reasonG
To obey each outrageous inpulseD
To commit his company to all enchantmentsD

Kenneth Patchen



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