Divided Destinies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGH EEII EEEE JJAE| It was an artless Bandar and he danced upon a pine | A |
| And much I wondered how he lived and where the beast might dine | A |
| And many many other things till o'er my morning smoke | B |
| I slept the sleep of idleness and dreamt that Bandar spoke | B |
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| He said quot O man of many clothes Sad crawler on the Hills | C |
| Observe I know not Ranken's shop nor Ranken's monthly bills | C |
| I take no heed to trousers or the coats that you call dress | D |
| Nor am I plagued with little cards for little drinks at Mess | D |
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| quot I steal the bunnia's grain at morn at noon and eventide | E |
| For he is fat and I am spare I roam the mountain side | E |
| I follow no man's carriage and no never in my life | F |
| Have I flirted at Peliti's with another Bandar's wife | F |
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| quot O man of futile fopperies unnecessary wraps | G |
| I own no ponies in the hills I drive no tall wheeled traps | G |
| I buy me not twelve button gloves 'short sixes' eke or rings | H |
| Nor do I waste at Hamilton's my wealth on 'pretty things ' | - |
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| quot I quarrel with my wife at home we never fight abroad | E |
| But Mrs B has grasped the fact I am her only lord | E |
| I never heard of fever dumps nor debts depress my soul | I |
| And I pity and despise you quot Here he pouched my breakfast roll | I |
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| His hide was very mangy and his face was very red | E |
| And ever and anon he scratched with energy his head | E |
| His manners were not always nice but how my spirit cried | E |
| To be an artless Bandar loose upon the mountain side | E |
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| So I answered quot Gentle Bandar and inscrutable Decree | J |
| Makes thee a gleesome fleasome Thou and me a wretched Me | J |
| Go Depart in peace my brother to thy home amid the pine | A |
| Yet forget not once a mortal wished to change his lot for thine quot | E |
Rudyard Kipling
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