The Madman - His Parables And Poems Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FG HIJKL M NCO PQ| You ask me how I became a madman It happened thus One day long | A |
| before many gods were born I woke from a deep sleep and found all | B |
| my masks were stolen the seven masks I have fashioned an worn in | C |
| seven lives I ran maskless through the crowded streets shouting | D |
| 'Thieves thieves the cursed thieves ' | E |
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| Men and women laughed at me and some ran to their houses in fear | F |
| of me | G |
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| And when I reached the market place a youth standing on a house top | H |
| cried 'He is a madman ' I looked up to behold him the sun kissed | I |
| my own naked face for the first time For the first time the sun | J |
| kissed my own naked face and my soul was inflamed with love for | K |
| the sun and I wanted my masks no more And as if in a trance I | L |
| cried 'Blessed blessed are the thieves who stole my masks ' | - |
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| Thus I became a madman | M |
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| And I have found both freedom of loneliness and the safety from | N |
| being understood for those who understand us enslave something in | C |
| us | O |
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| But let me not be too proud of my safety Even a Thief in a jail | P |
| is safe from another thief | Q |
Khalil Gibran
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