Talking Xx Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A A B C D E F G H I J K L D M| And then a scholar said Speak of Talking | A |
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| And he answered saying | A |
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| You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts | B |
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| And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips and sound is a diversion and a pastime | C |
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| And in much of your talking thinking is half murdered | D |
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| For thought is a bird of space that in a cage of words many indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly | E |
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| There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being alone | F |
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| The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked selves and they would escape | G |
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| And there are those who talk and without knowledge or forethought reveal a truth which they themselves do not understand | H |
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| And there are those who have the truth within them but they tell it not in words | I |
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| In the bosom of such as these the spirit dwells in rhythmic silence | J |
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| When you meet your friend on the roadside or in the market place let the spirit in you move your lips and direct your tongue | K |
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| Let the voice within your voice speak to the ear of his ear | L |
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| For his soul will keep the truth of your heart as the taste of the wine is remembered | D |
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| When the color is forgotten and the vessel is no more | M |
Khalil Gibran
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