The Guest House Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDE FGAEHIJ CKL DMN| This being human is a guest house | A |
| Every morning a new arrival | B |
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| A joy a depression a meanness | C |
| some momentary awareness comes | D |
| As an unexpected visitor | E |
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| Welcome and entertain them all | F |
| Even if they're a crowd of sorrows | G |
| who violently sweep your house | A |
| empty of its furniture | E |
| still treat each guest honorably | H |
| He may be clearing you out | I |
| for some new delight | J |
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| The dark thought the shame the malice | C |
| meet them at the door laughing | K |
| and invite them in | L |
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| Be grateful for whoever comes | D |
| because each has been sent | M |
| as a guide from beyond | N |
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi
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