The Banquet Of The Supreme Being Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D A D D D E| One day the Supreme Being took it into his head to give a great banquet in his palace of azure | A |
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| All the virtues were invited Only the virtues men he did not ask only ladies | B |
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| There were a great many of them great and small The lesser virtues were more agreeable and genial than the great ones but they all appeared in good humour and chatted amiably together as was only becoming for near relations and friends | C |
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| But the Supreme Being noticed two charming ladies who seemed to be totally unacquainted | D |
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| The Host gave one of the ladies his arm and led her up to the other | A |
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| 'Beneficence ' he said indicating the first | D |
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| 'Gratitude ' he added indicating the second | D |
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| Both the virtues were amazed beyond expression ever since the world had stood and it had been standing a long time this was the first time they had met | D |
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| Dec | E |
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev
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