Pain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E F G H I B J K| And a woman spoke saying 'Tell us of Pain ' | A |
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| And he said | B |
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| Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding | C |
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| Even as the stone of the fruit must break that its heart may stand in the sun so must you know pain | D |
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| And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy | E |
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| And you would accept the seasons of your heart even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields | F |
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| And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief | G |
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| Much of your pain is self chosen | H |
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| It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self | I |
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| Therefore trust the physician and drink his remedy in silence and tranquillity | B |
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| For his hand though heavy and hard is guided by the tender hand of the Unseen | J |
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| And the cup he brings though it burn your lips has been fashioned of the clay which the Potter has moistened with His own sacred tears | K |
Khalil Gibran
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