Naaman's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDBB EEEE FFGG HHII

'Go wash thyself in Jordan go wash thee and be clean 'A
Nay not for any Prophet will I plunge a toe thereinB
For the banks of curious Jordan are parcelled into sitesC
Commanded and embellished and patrolled by IsraelitesC
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There rise her timeless capitals of Empires daily bornD
Whose plinths are laid at midnight and whose streets are packed at mornD
And here come hired youths and maids that feign to love or sinB
In tones like rusty razor blades to tunes like smitten tinB
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And here be merry murtherings and steeds with fiery hoovesE
And furious hordes with guns and swords and clamberings over roovesE
And horrid tumblings down from Heaven and flights with wheels and wingsE
And always one weak virgin who is chased through all these thingsE
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And here is mock of faith and truth for children to beholdF
And every door of ancient dirt reopened to the oldF
With every word that taints the speech and show that weakens thoughtG
And Israel watcheth over each and doth not watch for noughtG
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But Pharphar but Abana which Hermon launcheth downH
They perish fighting desert sands beyond Damascus townH
But yet their pulse is of the snows their strength is from on highI
And if they cannot cure my woes a leper will I dieI

Rudyard Kipling



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