The Demoniac Of Gadara Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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A GADARENEA
He hath escaped hath plucked his chains asunderB
And broken his fetters always night and dayC
Is in the mountains here and in the tombsD
Crying aloud and cutting himself with stonesE
Exceeding fierce so that no man can tame himF
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THE DEMONIAC from above unseenA
O Aschmedai O Aschmedai have pityG
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A GADARENEA
Listen It is his voice Go warn the peopleH
Just landing from the lakeI
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THE DEMONIACI
O AschmedaiG
Thou angel of the bottomless pit have pityG
It was enough to hurl King SolomonA
On whom be peace two hundred leagues awayC
Into the country and to make him scullionA
In the kitchen of the King of MaschkemenA
Why dost thou hurl me here among these rocksJ
And cut me with these stonesE
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A GADARENEA
He raves and muttersK
He knows not whatG
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THE DEMONIAC appearing from a tomb among the rocksJ
The wild cock TarnegalH
Singeth to me and bids me to the banquetG
Where all the Jews shall come for they have slainA
Behemoth the great ox who daily croppedG
A thousand hills for food and at a draughtG
Drank up the river Jordan and have slainA
The huge Leviathan and stretched his skinA
Upon the high walls of JerusalemL
And made them shine from one end of the worldG
Unto the other and the fowl BarjuchneA
Whose outspread wings eclipse the sun and makeI
Midnight at noon o'er all the continentsM
And we shall drink the wine of ParadiseN
From Adam's cellarsK
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A GADARENEA
O thou unclean spiritG
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THE DEMONIAC hurling down a stoneA
This is the wonderful Barjuchne's eggI
That fell out of her nest and broke to piecesO
And swept away three hundred cedar treesP
And threescore villages Rabbi EliezerB
How thou didst sin there in that seaport townA
When thou hadst carried safe thy chest of silverB
Over the seven rivers for her sakeI
I too have sinned beyond the reach of pardonA
Ye hills and mountains pray for mercy on meG
Ye stars and planets pray for mercy on meG
Ye sun and moon oh pray for mercy on meG
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CHRISTUS and his disciples passQ
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A GADARENEA
There is a man here of DecapolisQ
Who hath an unclean spirit so that noneA
Can pass this way He lives among the tombsQ
Up there upon the cliffs and hurls down stonesQ
On those who pass beneathR
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CHRISTUSQ
Come out of himF
Thou unclean spiritG
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THE DEMONIACI
What have I to doG
With thee thou Son of God Do not torment usQ
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CHRISTUSQ
What is thy nameS
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THE DEMONIACI
Legion for we are manyA
Cain the first murderer and the King BelshazzarB
And Evil Merodach of BabylonA
And Admatha the death cloud prince of PersiaT
And Aschmedai the angel of the pitG
And many other devils We are LegionA
Send us not forth beyond DecapolisQ
Command us not to go into the deepU
There is a herd of swine here in the pasturesQ
Let us go into themV
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CHRISTUSQ
Come out of himF
Thou unclean spiritG
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A GADARENEA
See how stupefiedG
How motionless he stands He cries no moreB
He seems bewildered and in silence staresQ
As one who walking in his sleep awakesQ
And knows not where he is and looks about himF
And at his nakedness and is ashamedG
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THE DEMONIACI
Why am I here alone among the tombsQ
What have they done to me that I am nakedG
Ah woe is meA
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CHRISTUSQ
Go home unto thy friendsQ
And tell them how great things the Lord hath doneA
For thee and how He had compassion on theeA
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A SWINEHERD runningI
The herds the herd O most unlucky dayG
They were all feeding quiet in the sunA
When suddenly they started and grew savageW
As the wild boars of Tabor and togetherB
Rushed down a precipice into the seaA
They are all drownedG
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PETERB
Thus righteously are punishedG
The apostate Jews that eat the flesh of swineA
And broth of such abominable thingsQ
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GREEKS OF GADARAB
We sacrifice a sow unto DemeterB
At the beginning of harvest and anotherB
To Dionysus at the vintage timeX
Therefore we prize our herds of swine and count themV
Not as unclean but as things consecrateG
To the immortal gods O great magicianA
Depart out of our coasts let us aloneA
We are afraid of theeA
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PETERB
Let us departG
For they that sanctify and purifyY
Themselves in gardens eating flesh of swineA
And the abomination and the mouseQ
Shall be consumed together saith the LordG

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



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