The Sufi In The City Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCB A DDED A FFGF H IIJI H KLML| I | A |
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| When late I watched the arrows of the sleet | B |
| Against the windows of the Tavern beat | B |
| I heard a Rose that murmured from her Pot | C |
| Why trudge thy fellows yonder in the Street | B |
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| II | A |
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| Before the phantom of False Morning dies | D |
| Choked in the bitter Net that binds the skies | D |
| Their feet bemired with Yesterday set out | E |
| For the dark alleys where To morrow lies | D |
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| III | A |
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| Think you when all their petals they have bruised | F |
| And all the fragrances of Life confused | F |
| That Night with sweeter rest will comfort these | G |
| Than us who still within the Garden mused | F |
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| IV | H |
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| Think you the Gold they fight for all day long | I |
| Is worth the frugal Peace their clamours wrong | I |
| Their Titles and the Name they toil to build | J |
| Will they outlast the echoes of our Song | I |
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| V | H |
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| O Sons of Omar what shall be the close | K |
| Seek not to know for no man living knows | L |
| But while within your hands the Wine is set | M |
| Drink ye to Omar and the Dreaming Rose | L |
Henry Newbolt
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