Under The Wire

Language and meter 
Tools for a task 
Structure and movement 
There's logic at last 

Critical rave 
Misanthrope hired 
Humans want quickness 
So keep it under the wire 

"The pit and the pendulum" 
"The man of the crowd" 
"The tell tale heart" 

His characters move 
Baptism by fire 
The poet's survival kept under the wire...