The Juggler's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABCDDDEE FGFH AAIIIIAAAJJ KLKL| When the drums begin to beat | A |
| Down the street | A |
| When the poles are fetched and guyed | A |
| When the tight rope's stretched and tied | A |
| When the dance girls make salaam | B |
| When the snake bag wakes alarm | C |
| When the pipes set up their drone | D |
| When the sharp edged knives are thrown | D |
| When the red hot coals are shown | D |
| To be swallowed by and by | E |
| Arre Brethren here come I | E |
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| Stripped to loin cloth in the sun | F |
| Search me well and watch me close | G |
| Tell me how my tricks are done | F |
| Tell me how the mango grows | H |
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| Give a man who is not made | A |
| To his trade | A |
| Swords to fling and catch again | I |
| Coins to ring and snatch again | I |
| Men to harm and cure again | I |
| Snakes to charm and lure again | I |
| He'll be hurt by his own blade | A |
| By his serpents disobeyed | A |
| By his clumsiness bewrayed | A |
| By the people laughed to scorn | J |
| So 'tis not with juggler born | J |
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| Pinch of dust or withered flower | K |
| Chance flung nut or borrowed staff | L |
| Serve his need and shore his power | K |
| Bind the spell or loose the laugh | L |
Rudyard Kipling
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