The Hermit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD CECE FGFG HIH AJA KLKL KIK| To a hunter from the city | A |
| Overtaken by the night | B |
| Spake in tones of tender pity | A |
| For himself an aged wight | B |
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| 'I have found the world a fountain | C |
| Of deceit and Life a sham | D |
| I have taken to the mountain | C |
| And a Holy Hermit am | D |
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| 'Sternly bent on Contemplation | C |
| Far apart from human kind | E |
| In the hill my habitation | C |
| In the Infinite my mind | E |
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| 'Ten long years I've lived a dumb thing | F |
| Growing bald and bent with dole | G |
| Vainly seeking for a Something | F |
| To engage my gloomy soul | G |
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| 'Gentle Pilgrim while my roots you | H |
| Eat and quaff my simple drink | I |
| Please suggest whatever suits you | H |
| As a Theme for me to Think ' | - |
| - | |
| Then the hunter answered gravely | A |
| 'From distraction free and strife | J |
| You could ponder very bravely | A |
| On the Vanity of Life ' | - |
| - | |
| 'O thou wise and learned Teacher | K |
| You have solved the Problem well | L |
| You have saved a grateful creature | K |
| From the agonies of hell | L |
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| 'Take another root another | K |
| Cup of water eat and drink | I |
| Now I have a Subject brother | K |
| Tell me What and How to think ' | - |
Ambrose Bierce
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