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