The Central Passion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDECFGCHI AJKLMNOPQRD SATU ADV| What is the central passion | A |
| of a life | B |
| To please mummy daddy | C |
| To find a home for their furniture | D |
| To found a family of one's own | E |
| possibly a dynasty | C |
| To fill the world with more books | F |
| that have no readers | G |
| or books that have too many | C |
| kill | H |
| too many trees | I |
| - | |
| What is the passion | A |
| that drives us | J |
| as the wind drives | K |
| a winged seed | L |
| To reproduce ourselves | M |
| then die | N |
| To meet God once | O |
| if only in a dream | P |
| To reach enlightenment | Q |
| through pain | R |
| or pleasure | D |
| - | |
| Or perhaps just | S |
| to question | A |
| as I am doing now | T |
| to teach by questioning | U |
| - | |
| Yes this is both passion | A |
| power | D |
| enough | V |
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