Stray Birds 91 - 99 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC DEFG HI J KL MNO PB QRST UV RWA | |
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THE great earth makes herself hospitable | B |
with the help of the grass | C |
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THE birth and death of the leaves | D |
are the rapid whirls of the eddy | E |
whose wider circles | F |
move slowly among stars | G |
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POWER said to the world 'You are mine | H |
The world kept it prisoner on her throne | I |
Love said to the world 'I am thine ' | - |
The world gave it the freedom of her house | J |
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THE mist is like the earth's desire | K |
It hides the sun for whom she cries | L |
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BE still | M |
my heart | N |
these great trees are prayers | O |
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THE noise of the moment | P |
scoffs at the music of the Eternal | B |
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I THINK of other ages | Q |
that floated upon the stream of life | R |
and love and death and are forgotten | S |
and I feel the freedom of passing away | T |
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THE sadness of my soul is her bride's veil | U |
It waits to be lifted in the night | V |
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DEATH'S stamp gives value to the coin of life | R |
making it possible to buy with life what is truly precious | W |
Rabindranath Tagore
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