Ode 1373 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDE FG HFI JI FK LB MNC OP KJ II ID CIQ C R STC JQ CC CU CI ICC| I was dead then alive | A |
| Weeping then laughing | B |
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| The power of love came into me | C |
| and I became fierce like a lion | D |
| then tender like the evening star | E |
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| He said You re not mad enough | F |
| You don t belong in this house | G |
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| I went wild and had to be tied up | H |
| He said Still not wild enough | F |
| to stay with us | I |
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| I broke through another layer | J |
| into joyfulness | I |
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| He said Its not enough | F |
| I died | K |
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| He said You are a clever little man | L |
| full of fantasy and doubting | B |
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| I plucked out my feathers and became a fool | M |
| He said Now you are the candle | N |
| for this assembly | C |
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| But I m no candle Look | O |
| I m scattered smoke | P |
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| He said You are the Sheikh the guide | K |
| But I m not a teacher I have no power | J |
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| He said You already have wings | I |
| I cannot give you wings | I |
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| But I wanted his wings | I |
| I felt like some flightless chicken | D |
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| Then new events said to me | C |
| Don t move A sublime generosity is | I |
| coming towards you | Q |
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| And old love said Stay with me | C |
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| I said I will | R |
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| You are the fountain of the sun s light | S |
| I am a willow shadow on the ground | T |
| You make my raggedness silky | C |
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| The soul at dawn is like darkened water | J |
| that slowly begins to say Thank you thank you | Q |
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| Then at sunset again Venus gradually | C |
| Changes into the moon and then the whole nightsky | C |
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| This comes of smiling back | C |
| at your smile | U |
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| The chess master says nothing | C |
| other than moving the silent chess piece | I |
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| That I am part of the ploys | I |
| of this game makes me | C |
| amazingly happy | C |
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi
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