A Tear And A Smile Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD E FGHI AJ F KLMN OFPQ PE RP SFT FE RDUVW P| I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart | A |
| For the joys of the multitude | B |
| And I would not have the tears that sadness makes | C |
| To flow from my every part turn into laughter | D |
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| I would that my life remain a tear and a smile | E |
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| A tear to purify my heart and give me understanding | F |
| Of life's secrets and hidden things | G |
| A smile to draw me nigh to the sons of my kind and | H |
| To be a symbol of my glorification of the gods | I |
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| A tear to unite me with those of broken heart | A |
| A smile to be a sign of my joy in existence | J |
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| I would rather that I died in yearning and longing than that I live Weary and despairing | F |
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| I want the hunger for love and beauty to be in the | K |
| Depths of my spirit for I have seen those who are | L |
| Satisfied the most wretched of people | M |
| I have heard the sigh of those in yearning and Longing and it is sweeter than the sweetest melody | N |
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| With evening's coming the flower folds her petals | O |
| And sleeps embracingher longing | F |
| At morning's approach she opens her lips to meet | P |
| The sun's kiss | Q |
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| The life of a flower is longing and fulfilment | P |
| A tear and a smile | E |
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| The waters of the sea become vapor and rise and come | R |
| Together and area cloud | P |
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| And the cloud floats above the hills and valleys | S |
| Until it meets the gentle breeze then falls weeping | F |
| To the fields and joins with brooks and rivers to Return to the sea its home | T |
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| The life of clouds is a parting and a meeting | F |
| A tear and a smile | E |
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| And so does the spirit become separated from | R |
| The greater spirit to move in the world of matter | D |
| And pass as a cloud over the mountain of sorrow | U |
| And the plains of joy to meet the breeze of death | V |
| And return whence it came | W |
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| To the ocean of Love and Beauty to God | P |
Khalil Gibran
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