The Prophet. (little Poems In Prose.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O| Moses Ben Maimon lifting his perpetual lamp over the path of the perplexed | A |
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| Hallevi the honey tongued poet wakening amid the silent ruins of Zion the sleeping lyre of David | B |
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| Moses the wise son of Mendel who made the Ghetto illustrious | C |
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| Abarbanel the counselor of kings Alcharisi the exquisite singer Ibn Ezra the perfect old man Gabirol the tragic seer | D |
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| Heine the enchanted magician the heartbroken jester | E |
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| Yea and the century crowned patriarch whose bounty engirdles the globe | F |
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| These need no wreath and no trumpet like perennial asphodel blossoms their fame their glory resounds like the brazen throated cornet | G |
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| But thou hast thou faith in the fortune of Israel Wouldst thou lighten the anguish of Jacob | H |
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| Then shalt thou take the hand of yonder caftaned wretch with flowing curls and gold pierced ears | I |
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| Who crawls blinking forth from the loathsome recesses of the Jewry | J |
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| Nerveless his fingers puny his frame haunted by the bat like phantoms of superstition is his brain | K |
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| Thou shalt say to the bigot My Brother and to the creature of darkness My Friend | L |
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| And thy heart shall spend itself in fountains of love upon the ignorant the coarse and the abject | M |
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| Then in the obscurity thou shalt hear a rush of wings thine eyes shall be bitten with pungent smoke | N |
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| And close against thy quivering lips shall be pressed the live coal wherewith the Seraphim brand the Prophets | O |
Emma Lazarus
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