The Disciple Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCDAD AEFEBGAG ABHBIJHJ AKBKBLAL AMLMNOAO| He that hath a Gospel | A |
| To loose upon Mankind | B |
| Though he serve it utterly | C |
| Body soul and mind | B |
| Though he go to Calvary | C |
| Daily for its gain | D |
| It is His Disciple | A |
| Shall make his labour vain | D |
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| He that hath a Gospel | A |
| For all earth to own | E |
| Though he etch it on the steel | F |
| Or carve it on the stone | E |
| Not to be misdoubted | B |
| Through the after days | G |
| It is His Disciple | A |
| Shall read it many ways | G |
| - | |
| It is His Disciple | A |
| Ere Those Bones are dust | B |
| Who shall change the Charter | H |
| Who shall split the Trust | B |
| Amplify distinctions | I |
| Rationalize the Claim | J |
| Preaching that the Master | H |
| Would have done the same | J |
| - | |
| It is His Disciple | A |
| Who shall tell us how | K |
| Much the Master would have scrapped | B |
| Had he lived till now | K |
| What he would have modified | B |
| Of what he said before | L |
| It is His Disciple | A |
| Shall do this and more | L |
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| He that hath a Gospel | A |
| Whereby Heaven is won | M |
| Carpenter or cameleer | L |
| Or Maya's dreaming son | M |
| Many swords shall pierce Him | N |
| Mingling blood with gall | O |
| But His Own Disciple | A |
| Shall wound Him worst of all | O |
Rudyard Kipling
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