This Will Not Win Him Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB AB ACD EFCG DCF HIBCJ KLCM ICN OCP QRC SC TUCV JWCX DYVC CI D| Reason says | A |
| I will win him with my eloquence | B |
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| Love says | A |
| I will win him with my silence | B |
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| Soul says | A |
| How can I ever win him | C |
| When all I have is already his | D |
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| He does not want he does not worry | E |
| He does not seek a sublime state of euphoria | F |
| How then can I win him | C |
| With sweet wine or gold | G |
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| He is not bound by the senses | D |
| How then can I win him | C |
| With all the riches of China | F |
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| He is an angel | H |
| Though he appears in the form of a man | I |
| Even angels cannot fly in his presence | B |
| How then can I win him | C |
| By assuming a heavenly form | J |
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| He flies on the wings of God | K |
| His food is pure light | L |
| How then can I win him | C |
| With a loaf of baked bread | M |
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| He is neither a merchant nor a tradesman | I |
| How then can I win him | C |
| With a plan of great profit | N |
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| He is not blind nor easily fooled | O |
| How then can I win him | C |
| By lying in bed as if gravely ill | P |
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| I will go mad pull out my hair | Q |
| Grind my face in the dirt | R |
| How will this win him | C |
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| He sees everything | S |
| how can I ever fool him | C |
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| He is not a seeker of fame | T |
| A prince addicted to the praise of poets | U |
| How then can I win him | C |
| With flowing rhymes and poetic verses | V |
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| The glory of his unseen form | J |
| Fills the whole universe | W |
| How then can I win him | C |
| With a mere promise of paradise | X |
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| I may cover the earth with roses | D |
| I may fill the ocean with tears | Y |
| I may shake the heavens with praises | V |
| none of this will win him | C |
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| There is only one way to win him | C |
| this Beloved of mine | I |
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| Become his | D |
Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi
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