If A Tree Could Wander Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD AEFG AHIJ KLFM ANOP QRST QUVW OUXY| Oh if a tree could wander | A |
| and move with foot and wings | B |
| It would not suffer the axe blows | C |
| and not the pain of saws | D |
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| For would the sun not wander | A |
| away in every night | E |
| How could at ev'ry morning | F |
| the world be lighted up | G |
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| And if the ocean's water | A |
| would not rise to the sky | H |
| How would the plants be quickened | I |
| by streams and gentle rain | J |
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| The drop that left its homeland | K |
| the sea and then returned | L |
| It found an oyster waiting | F |
| and grew into a pearl | M |
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| Did Yusaf not leave his father | A |
| in grief and tears and despair | N |
| Did he not by such a journey | O |
| gain kingdom and fortune wide | P |
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| Did not the Prophet travel | Q |
| to far Medina friend | R |
| And there he found a new kingdom | S |
| and ruled a hundred lands | T |
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| You lack a foot to travel | Q |
| Then journey into yourself | U |
| And like a mine of rubies | V |
| receive the sunbeams print | W |
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| Out of yourself such a journey | O |
| will lead you to your self | U |
| It leads to transformation | X |
| of dust into pure gold | Y |
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi
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