The Pariah - The Pariah's Prayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BA BC D DC E FE FG H HG I CI CJ K KJ| DREADED Brama lord of might | A |
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| All proceed from thee alone | B |
| Thou art he who judgeth right | A |
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| Dost thou none but Brahmins own | B |
| Do but Rajahs come from thee | C |
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| None but those of high estate | D |
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| Didst not thou the ape create | D |
| Aye and even such as we | C |
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| We are not of noble kind | E |
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| For with woe our lot is rife | F |
| And what others deadly find | E |
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| Is our only source of life | F |
| Let this be enough for men | G |
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| Let them if they will despise us | H |
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| But thou Brama thou shouldst prize us | H |
| All are equal in thy ken | G |
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| Now that Lord this prayer is said | I |
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| As thy child acknowledge me | C |
| Or let one be born in stead | I |
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| Who may link me on to thee | C |
| Didst not thou a Bayadere | J |
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| As a goddess heavenward raise | K |
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| And we too to swell thy praise | K |
| Such a miracle would hear | J |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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