The Two Hermits Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CD EFG HIJ K LM NO FP C| Upon a lonely mountain there lived two hermits who worshipped God | A |
| and loved one another | B |
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| Now these two hermits had one earthen bowl and this was their only | C |
| possession | D |
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| One day an evil spirit entered into the heart of the older hermit | E |
| and he came to the younger and said 'It is long that we have | F |
| lived together The time has come for us to part Let us divide | G |
| our possessions ' | - |
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| Then the younger hermit was saddened and he said 'It grieves | H |
| me Brother that thou shouldst leave me But if thou must needs | I |
| go so be it ' and he brought the earthen bowl and gave it to him | J |
| saying 'We cannot divide it Brother let it be thine ' | - |
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| Then the older hermit said 'Charity I will not accept I will | K |
| take nothing but mine own It must be divided ' | - |
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| And the younger one said 'If the bowl be broken of what use would | L |
| it be to thee or to me If it be thy pleasure let us rather cast | M |
| a lot ' | - |
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| But the older hermit said again 'I will have but justice and mine | N |
| own and I will not trust justice and mine own to vain chance The | O |
| bowl must be divided ' | - |
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| Then the younger hermit could reason no further and he said 'If | F |
| it be indeed thy will and if even so thou wouldst have it let us | P |
| now break the bowl ' | - |
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| But the face of the older hermit grew exceedingly dark and he | C |
| cried 'O thou cursed coward thou wouldst not fight ' | - |
Khalil Gibran
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