Ben Karshook's Wisdom Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD DDED FGFG CHCH I| Would a man 'scape the rod | A |
| Rabbi Ben Karshook saith | B |
| See that he turn to God | A |
| The day before his death | B |
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| Ay could a man enquire | C |
| When it shall come I say | D |
| The Rabbi's eye shoots fire | C |
| Then let him turn to day | D |
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| Quoth a young Sadducee | D |
| Reader of many rolls | D |
| Is it so certain we | E |
| Have as they tell us souls | D |
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| Son there is no reply | F |
| The Rabbi bit his beard | G |
| Certain a soul have I | F |
| We may have none he sneer'd | G |
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| Thus Karshook the Hiram's Hammer | C |
| The Right hand Temple column | H |
| Taught babes in grace their grammar | C |
| And struck the simple solemn | H |
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| Rome April | I |
Robert Browning
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