The Poet Viii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFGHIJKLMNOP QBKR SST JUH VWQXY ZA2B2MRVC2D2E2F2K G2U QD H2M| He is a link between this and the coming world | A |
| He is | B |
| A pure spring from which all thirsty souls may drink | C |
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| He is a tree watered by the River of Beauty bearing | D |
| Fruit which the hungry heart craves | E |
| He is a nightingale soothing the depressed | F |
| Spirit with his beautiful melodies | G |
| He is a white cloud appearing over the horizon | H |
| Ascending and growing until it fills the face of the sky | I |
| Then it falls on the flows in the field of Life | J |
| Opening their petals to admit the light | K |
| He is an angel send by the goddess to | L |
| Preach the Deity's gospel | M |
| He is a brilliant lamp unconquered by darkness | N |
| And inextinguishable by the wind It is filled with | O |
| Oil by Istar of Love and lighted by Apollon of Music | P |
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| He is a solitary figure robed in simplicity and | Q |
| Kindness He sits upon the lap of Nature to draw his | B |
| Inspiration and stays up in the silence of the night | K |
| Awaiting the descending of the spirit | R |
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| He is a sower who sows the seeds of his heart in the | S |
| Prairies of affection and humanity reaps the | S |
| Harvest for her nourishment | T |
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| This is the poet whom the people ignore in this life | J |
| And who is recognized only when he bids the earthly | U |
| World farewell and returns to his arbor in heaven | H |
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| This is the poet who asks naught of | V |
| Humanity but a smile | W |
| This is the poet whose spirit ascends and | Q |
| Fills the firmament with beautiful sayings | X |
| Yet the people deny themselves his radiance | Y |
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| Until when shall the people remain asleep | Z |
| Until when shall they continue to glorify those | A2 |
| Who attain greatness by moments of advantage | B2 |
| How long shall they ignore those who enable | M |
| Them to see the beauty of their spirit | R |
| Symbol of peace and love | V |
| Until when shall human beings honor the dead | C2 |
| And forget the living who spend their lives | D2 |
| Encircled in misery and who consume themselves | E2 |
| Like burning candles to illuminate the way | F2 |
| For the ignorant and lead them into the path of light | K |
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| Poet you are the life of this life and you have | G2 |
| Triumphed over the ages of despite their severity | U |
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| Poet you will one day rule the hearts and | Q |
| Therefore your kingdom has no ending | D |
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| Poet examine your crown of thorns you will | H2 |
| Find concealed in it a budding wreath of laurel | M |
Khalil Gibran
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