The Gourd Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEAE FGHGFIAI GJAJKLML NDODPLAL QMHMHLAL| In the heavy earth the miner | A |
| Toiled and laboured day by day | B |
| Wrenching from the miser mountain | C |
| Brilliant treasure where it lay | B |
| And the artist worn and weary | D |
| Wrought with labour manifold | E |
| That the king might drink his nectar | A |
| From a goblet made of gold | E |
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| On the prince's groaning table | F |
| Mid the silver gleaming bright | G |
| Mirroring the happy faces | H |
| Giving back the flaming light | G |
| Shine the cups of priceless crystal | F |
| Chased with many a lovely line | I |
| Glowing now with warmer colour | A |
| Crimsoned by the ruby wine | I |
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| In a valley sweet with sunlight | G |
| Fertile with the dew and rain | J |
| Without miner's daily labour | A |
| Without artist's nightly pain | J |
| There there grows the cup I drink from | K |
| Summer's sweetness in it stored | L |
| And my lips pronounce a blessing | M |
| As they touch an old brown gourd | L |
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| Why the miracle at Cana | N |
| In the land of Galilee | D |
| Tho' it puzzles all the scholars | O |
| Is no longer strange to me | D |
| For the poorest and the humblest | P |
| Could a priceless wine afford | L |
| If they 'd only dip up water | A |
| With a sunlight seasoned gourd | L |
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| So a health to my old comrade | Q |
| And a song of praise to sing | M |
| When he rests inviting kisses | H |
| In his place beside the spring | M |
| Give the king his golden goblets | H |
| Give the prince his crystal hoard | L |
| But for me the sparkling water | A |
| From a brown and brimming gourd | L |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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