Be Not Attached Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEE FFGG HHII JJEE| 'Be not attached ' So runs the great command | A |
| For those who seek to 'know' and 'understand ' | B |
| Who sounds the waters of the deeper sea | C |
| Must first draw up his anchor and go free | C |
| - | |
| But not for me that knowledge I must wait | D |
| Until again I enter through life's gate | D |
| I am not brave enough to sail away | E |
| To farther seas and leave this beauteous bay | E |
| - | |
| Love barnacled my anchor lies and oh | F |
| I would not lift it if I could and go | F |
| All unattached to find those truths which lie | G |
| Far out at sea beneath a lonely sky | G |
| - | |
| Though peace of heart and happiness of soul | H |
| Await the seeker at that farther goal | H |
| With love and all its rapture and its pain | I |
| Close to the shores of earth I must remain | I |
| - | |
| Nor yet would I relinquish my sweet dream | J |
| To gain possession of the Fact supreme | J |
| I am attached and well content to stay | E |
| Learning such truths as love may send my way | E |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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