The Journey Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGHI EJKFL MNOP QRSTK UVW XYZA2A TB2C2D2| The morning sea of silence broke into ripples of bird songs | A |
| and the flowers were all merry by the roadside | B |
| and the wealth of gold was scattered through the rift of the clouds | C |
| while we busily went on our way and paid no heed | D |
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| We sang no glad songs nor played | E |
| we went not to the village for barter | F |
| we spoke not a word nor smiled | G |
| we lingered not on the way | H |
| We quickened our pace more and more as the time sped by | I |
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| The sun rose to the mid sky and doves cooed in the shade | E |
| Withered leaves danced and whirled in the hot air of noon | J |
| The shepherd boy drowsed and dreamed in the shadow of the banyan tree | K |
| and I laid myself down by the water | F |
| and stretched my tired limbs on the grass | L |
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| My companions laughed at me in scorn | M |
| they held their heads high and hurried on | N |
| they never looked back nor rested | O |
| they vanished in the distant blue haze | P |
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| They crossed many meadows and hills | Q |
| and passed through strange far away countries | R |
| All honor to you heroic host of the interminable path | S |
| Mockery and reproach pricked me to rise | T |
| but found no response in me | K |
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| I gave myself up for lost | U |
| in the depth of a glad humiliation | V |
| in the shadow of a dim delight | W |
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| The repose of the sun embroidered green gloom | X |
| slowly spread over my heart | Y |
| I forgot for what I had traveled | Z |
| and I surrendered my mind without struggle | A2 |
| to the maze of shadows and songs | A |
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| At last when I woke from my slumber and opened my eyes | T |
| I saw thee standing by me flooding my sleep with thy smile | B2 |
| How I had feared that the path was long and wearisome | C2 |
| and the struggle to reach thee was hard | D2 |
Rabindranath Tagore
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victor: I liked the Journey poem. It drops me into a cosmos profoundly nebulous, that beckons me to come back to search for pearls, and me
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