Brahma Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FAFA GHIH| If the red slayer think he slays | A |
| Or if the slain think he is slain | B |
| They know not well the subtle ways | A |
| I keep and pass and turn again | C |
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| Far or forgot to me is near | D |
| Shadow and sunlight are the same | E |
| The vanished gods to me appear | D |
| And one to me are shame and fame | E |
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| They reckon ill who leave me out | F |
| When me they fly I am the wings | A |
| I am the doubter and the doubt | F |
| I am the hymn the Brahmin sings | A |
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| The strong gods pine for my abode | G |
| And pine in vain the sacred Seven | H |
| But thou meek lover of the good | I |
| Find me and turn thy back on heaven | H |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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