Looking For A Monk And Not Finding Him Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHACIJKLJMNDOP QRS| I took a small path leading | A |
| up a hill valley finding there | B |
| a temple its gate covered | C |
| with moss and in front of | D |
| the door but tracks of birds | E |
| in the room of the old monk | F |
| no one was living and I | G |
| staring through the window | H |
| saw but a hair duster hanging | A |
| on the wall itself covered | C |
| with dust emptily I sighed | I |
| thinking to go but then | J |
| turning back several times | K |
| seeing how the mist on | L |
| the hills was flying and then | J |
| a light rain fell as if it | M |
| were flowers falling from | N |
| the sky making a music of | D |
| its own away in the distance | O |
| came the cry of a monkey and | P |
| for me the cares of the world | Q |
| slipped away and I was filled | R |
| with the beauty around me | S |
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