Death Xxvii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B A C D C E F G H I G G E J G K L| Then Almitra spoke saying We would ask now of Death | A |
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| And he said | B |
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| You would know the secret of death | A |
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| But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life | C |
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| The owl whose night bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light | D |
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| If you would indeed behold the spirit of death open your heart wide unto the body of life | C |
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| For life and death are one even as the river and the sea are one | E |
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| In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond | F |
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| And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring | G |
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| Trust the dreams for in them is hidden the gate to eternity | H |
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| Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour | I |
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| Is the shepherd not joyful beneath his trembling that he shall wear the mark of the king | G |
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| Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling | G |
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| For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun | E |
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| And what is to cease breathing but to free the breath from its restless tides that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered | J |
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| Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing | G |
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| And when you have reached the mountain top then you shall begin to climb | K |
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| And when the earth shall claim your limbs then shall you truly dance | L |
Khalil Gibran
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