The Gardener Xlii: O Mad, Superbly Drunk Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEBFGHIJKLLMNOBPL QLRLSTRLLUVUUWLLXXBY ZLA2B2UNLLL| O mad superbly drunk | A |
| If you kick open your doors and | B |
| play the fool in public | C |
| If you empty your bag in a night | D |
| and snap your fingers at prudence | E |
| If you walk in curious paths and | B |
| play with useless things | F |
| Reck not rhyme or reason | G |
| If unfurling your sails before the | H |
| storm you snap the rudder in two | I |
| Then I will follow you comrade | J |
| and be drunken and go to the dogs | K |
| I have wasted my days and nights | L |
| in the company of steady wise neighbours | L |
| Much knowing has turned my hair | M |
| grey and much watching has made | N |
| my sight dim | O |
| For years I have gathered and | B |
| heaped up scraps and fragments of | P |
| things | L |
| Crush them and dance upon them | Q |
| and scatter them all to the winds | L |
| For I know 'tis the height of wisdom | R |
| to be drunken and go the dogs | L |
| Let all crooked scruples vanish | S |
| let me hopelessly lose my way | T |
| Let a gust of wild giddiness come | R |
| and sweep me away from my anchors | L |
| The world is peopled with worthies | L |
| and workers useful and clever | U |
| There are men who are easily first | V |
| and men who come decently after | U |
| Let them be happy and prosper | U |
| and let me be foolishly futile | W |
| For I know 'tis the end of all works | L |
| to be drunken and go to the dogs | L |
| I swear to surrender this moment | X |
| all claims to the ranks of the decent | X |
| I let go my pride of learning and | B |
| judgment of right and of wrong | Y |
| I'll shatter memory's vessel scattering | Z |
| the last drop of tears | L |
| With the foam of the berry red | A2 |
| wine I will bathe and brighten my | B2 |
| laughter | U |
| The badge of the civil and staid | N |
| I'll tear into shreds for the nonce | L |
| I'll take the holy vow to be worthless | L |
| to be drunken and go to the dogs | L |
Rabindranath Tagore
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