The Gardener Xxviii: Your Questioning Eyes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHEIJKLMKNOPJQ RSTUMVWXY| Your questioning eyes are sad They | A |
| seek to know my meaning as the moon | B |
| would fathom the sea | C |
| I have bared my life before your | D |
| eyes from end to end with nothing | E |
| hidden or held back That is why you | F |
| know me not | G |
| If it were only a gem I could break | H |
| it into a hundred pieces and string | E |
| them into a chain to put on your neck | I |
| If it were only a flower round and | J |
| small and sweet I could pluck it from | K |
| its stem to set it in your hair | L |
| But it is a heart my beloved | M |
| Where are its shores and its bottom | K |
| You know not the limits of this | N |
| kingdom still you are its queen | O |
| If it were only a moment of pleasure | P |
| it would flower in an easy smile and | J |
| you could see it and read it in a | Q |
| moment | R |
| If it were merely a pain it would | S |
| melt in limpid tears reflecting its | T |
| inmost secret without a word | U |
| But it is love my beloved | M |
| Its pleasure and pain are boundless | V |
| and endless its wants and wealth | W |
| It is as near to you as your life but | X |
| you can never wholly know it | Y |
Rabindranath Tagore
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