Children Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E E F F G H E I J K H L| And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said 'Speak to us of Children ' | A |
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| And he said | B |
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| Your children are not your children | C |
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| They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself | D |
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| They come through you but not from you | E |
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| And though they are with you yet they belong not to you | E |
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| You may give them your love but not your thoughts | F |
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| For they have their own thoughts | F |
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| You may house their bodies but not their souls | G |
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| For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow which you cannot visit not even in your dreams | H |
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| You may strive to be like them but seek not to make them like you | E |
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| For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday | I |
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| You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth | J |
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| The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far | K |
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| Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness | H |
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| For even as he loves the arrow that flies so He loves also the bow that is stable | L |
Khalil Gibran
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