Moving Water Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BC DE F G HI JK LM N O P| A | |
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| When you do things from your soul you feel a river | B |
| moving in you a joy | C |
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| When actions come from another section the feeling | D |
| disappears | E |
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| Don't let others lead you They may be blind or worse vultures | F |
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| Reach for the rope of God And what is that Putting aside self will | G |
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| Because of willfulness people sit in jail the trapped bird's wings are tied | H |
| fish sizzle in the skillet | I |
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| The anger of police is willfulness You've seen a magistrate | J |
| inflict visible punishment | K |
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| Now see the invisible If you could leave your selfishness you | L |
| would see how you've been torturing your soul We are born and live inside black water in a well | M |
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| How could we know what an open field of sunlight is | N |
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| Don't insist on going where you think you want to go Ask the way to the spring Your living pieces will form a harmony | O |
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| There is a moving palace that floats in the air with balconies and clear water flowing through infinity everywhere yet contained under a single tent | P |
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi
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