Vision X Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E F G H I| There in the middle of the field by the side of a crystalline stream I saw a bird cage whose rods and hinges were fashioned by an expert's hands In one corner lay a dead bird and in another were two basins one empty of water and the other of seeds I stood there reverently as if the lifeless bird and the murmur of the water were worthy of deep silence and respect something worth of examination and meditation by the heard and conscience | A |
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| As I engrossed myself in view and thought I found that the poor creature had died of thirst beside a stream of water and of hunger in the midst of a rich field cradle of life like a rich man locked inside his iron safe perishing from hunger amid heaps of gold | B |
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| Before my eyes I saw the cage turned suddenly into a human skeleton and the dead bird into a man's heart which was bleeding from a deep wound that looked like the lips of a sorrowing woman A voice came from that wound saying I am the human heart prisoner of substance and victim of earthly laws | C |
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| In God's field of Beauty at the edge of the stream of life I was imprisoned in the cage of laws made by man | D |
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| In the center of beautiful Creation I died neglected because I was kept from enjoying the freedom of God's bounty | E |
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| Everything of beauty that awakens my love and desire is a disgrace according to man's conceptions everything of goodness that I crave is but naught according to his judgment | F |
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| I am the lost human heart imprisoned in the foul dungeon of man's dictates tied with chains of earthly authority dead and forgotten by laughing humanity whose tongue is tied and whose eyes are empty of visible tears | G |
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| All these words I heard and I saw them emerging with a stream of ever thinning blood from that wounded heart | H |
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| More was said but my misted eyes and crying should prevented further sight or hearing | I |
Khalil Gibran
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