The Word Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HDHI EJEJ KBLM NONP| In the days when the God eternal | A |
| Was declining face to the new world | B |
| By the Word they stopped the sun s inferno | C |
| And destroyed the towns by the Word | D |
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| And an eagle was falling at the ground | E |
| Stars were backing to the moon in fright | F |
| If as made from orange flames a cloud | G |
| Word was sailing in the heaven s height | F |
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| Figures were involved in low action | H |
| As the tamed domesticated herd | D |
| Just because all set of comprehension | H |
| From the clever figure could be learned | I |
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| The white bearded patriarch wish found | E |
| Good and evil by his own hands | J |
| Deciding not to use the sacred sound | E |
| Drew a figure by a cane in sands | J |
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| Did we not forget in troubles own | K |
| Only Word is blessing in the world | B |
| In the Gospel sent to us by John | L |
| Is the saying that the Word is God | M |
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| We designed for it the limits gladly | N |
| The scant limits of the life and thoughts | O |
| And like bees in empty hives smell badly | N |
| Badly smell the dead forever words | P |
Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev
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