Nirvana Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEF GGH II JJAAKKLL| A drop of water risen from the ocean | A |
| Forgot its cause and spake with deep emotion | A |
| Unto a passing breeze 'How desolate | B |
| And all forlorn is my unhappy fate | C |
| I know not whence I came or where I go | D |
| Scorched by the sun or chilled by winds that blow | D |
| I dwell in space a little time then pass | E |
| Out into the night and nothingness alas ' | F |
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| 'Nay ' quoth the breeze 'my friend that cannot be | G |
| Thou dost reflect the Universe to me | G |
| Look at thine own true self and there behold | H |
| A world of light all scintillant with gold ' | - |
| Just there the drop sank back into the wave | I |
| From whence it came Nay that was not its GRAVE | I |
| - | |
| It lived it moved it was a joyous part | J |
| Of that strong palpitating ocean heart | J |
| Its little dream of loneliness was done | A |
| It woke to find Self and Cause were one | A |
| So shalt thou wake sad mortal when thy course | K |
| Has run its karmic round and reached the Source | K |
| And even now thou dost reflect the whole | L |
| Of God's great glory in thy shining soul | L |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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