I Was Dead Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGHI JKLMN OJLP AKLMQ ORLSP ATDUV OIWXY AIZZA2 B2WPC2D2 ADAZD B2DDE2P AF2PA2P G2G2H2WG PI2EVW| i was dead | A |
| i came alive | B |
| i was tears | C |
| i became laughter | D |
| - | |
| all because of love | E |
| when it arrived | F |
| my temporal life | G |
| from then on | H |
| changed to eternal | I |
| - | |
| love said to me | J |
| you are not | K |
| crazy enough | L |
| you don't | M |
| fit this house | N |
| - | |
| i went and | O |
| became crazy | J |
| crazy enough | L |
| to be in chains | P |
| - | |
| love said | A |
| you are not | K |
| intoxicated enough | L |
| you don't | M |
| fit the group | Q |
| - | |
| i went and | O |
| got drunk | R |
| drunk enough | L |
| to overflow | S |
| with light headedness | P |
| - | |
| love said | A |
| you are still | T |
| too clever | D |
| filled with | U |
| imagination and skepticism | V |
| - | |
| i went and | O |
| became gullible | I |
| and in fright | W |
| pulled away | X |
| from it all | Y |
| - | |
| love said | A |
| you are a candle | I |
| attracting everyone | Z |
| gathering every one | Z |
| around you | A2 |
| - | |
| i am no more | B2 |
| a candle spreading light | W |
| i gather no more crowds | P |
| and like smoke | C2 |
| i am all scattered now | D2 |
| - | |
| love said | A |
| you are a teacher | D |
| you are a head | A |
| and for everyone | Z |
| you are a leader | D |
| - | |
| i am no more | B2 |
| not a teacher | D |
| not a leader | D |
| just a servant | E2 |
| to your wishes | P |
| - | |
| love said | A |
| you already have | F2 |
| your own wings | P |
| i will not give you | A2 |
| more feathers | P |
| - | |
| and then my heart | G2 |
| pulled itself apart | G2 |
| and filled to the brim | H2 |
| with a new light | W |
| overflowed with fresh life | G |
| - | |
| now even the heavens | P |
| are thankful that | I2 |
| because of love | E |
| i have become | V |
| the giver of light | W |
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi
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