The Slums Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFFGHIJKLMNCKOPQ RSKLTT| That should be obvious | A |
| Of course it won't | B |
| Any fool knows that | C |
| Even in the winter | D |
| Consider for a moment | E |
| What | F |
| Consider what | F |
| They never have | G |
| Why now | H |
| Certainly it means nothing | I |
| It's all a lie | J |
| What else could it be | K |
| That's right | L |
| Sure | M |
| Any way you look at it | N |
| A silk hat | C |
| A fat belly | K |
| A nice church to squat in | O |
| My holy ass | P |
| What should they care about | Q |
| It's quaint | R |
| Twelve kids on the fire escape | S |
| Flowers on the windowsill | K |
| You're damn right | L |
| That's the way it is | T |
| That's just the way it is | T |
Kenneth Patchen
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