Gehazi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEFC BCCCFBCB BGHGCIBI BCBCDCBC BBBB JCDCBJKJ| A | |
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| Whence comest thou Gehazi | B |
| So reverend to behold | C |
| In scarlet and in ermines | B |
| And chain of England's gold quot | C |
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| quot From following after Naaman | D |
| To tell him all is well | E |
| Whereby my zeal hath made me | F |
| A Judge in Israel quot | C |
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| Well done well done Gehazi | B |
| Stretch forth thy ready hand | C |
| Thou barely 'scaped from judgment | C |
| Take oath to judge the land | C |
| Unswayed by gift of money | F |
| Or privy bribe more base | B |
| Of knowledge which is profit | C |
| In any market place | B |
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| Search out and probe Gehazi | B |
| As thou of all carist try | G |
| The truthful well weighed answer | H |
| That tells the blacker lie | G |
| The loud uneasy virtue | C |
| The anger feigned at will | I |
| To overbear a witness | B |
| And make the Court keep still | I |
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| Take order now Gehazi | B |
| That no man talk aside | C |
| In secret with his judges | B |
| The while his case is tried | C |
| Lest he should show them reason | D |
| To keep a matter hid | C |
| And subtly lead the questions | B |
| Away from what he did | C |
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| Thou mirror of uprightness | B |
| What ails thee at thy vows | B |
| What means the risen whiteness | B |
| Of the skin between thy brows | B |
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| The boils that shine and burrow | J |
| The sores that slough and bleed | C |
| The leprosy of Naaman | D |
| On thee and all thy seed | C |
| Stand up stand up Gehazi | B |
| Draw close thy robe and go | J |
| Gehazi Judge in Israel | K |
| A leper white as snow | J |
Rudyard Kipling
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