I Said To The Wanting-creature Inside Me Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFG HIAD AJAK LMN| I said to the wanting creature inside me | A |
| What is this river you want to cross | B |
| There are no travelers on the river road and no road | C |
| Do you see anyone moving about on that bank or nesting | D |
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| There is no river at all and no boat and no boatman | E |
| There is no tow rope either and no one to pull it | F |
| There is no ground no sky no time no bank no ford | G |
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| And there is no body and no mind | H |
| Do you believe there is some place that will make the | I |
| soul less thirsty | A |
| In that great absence you will find nothing | D |
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| Be strong then and enter into your own body | A |
| there you have a solid place for your feet | J |
| Think about it carefully | A |
| Don't go off somewhere else | K |
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| Kabir says this just throw away all thoughts of | L |
| imaginary things | M |
| and stand firm in that which you are | N |
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