A Stone's Meditation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAB CDEF GGHI JBKLG| How long has it been | A |
| How long have I been | A |
| How long has here been | A |
| How much longer will it be | B |
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| My memory fails me and I betray it | C |
| So much time has gone will be gone and continues to be gone | D |
| The rain sun and snow fade into night and day | E |
| The seasons are always the same | F |
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| I used to be so strong and bold | G |
| I thought of myself to be able to be both warm and cold | G |
| But time has broken my strength and shied my boldness | H |
| My warn and cold has made me weak no paradox can continue to exist | I |
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| I once was this great rock who broke off from this greater mountain | J |
| But with time the world around me and the world within me | B |
| I became just a stone and some patches of dirt | K |
| It took some time but here I am close to nothing | L |
| I should have valued more the former I the world around and my strong and bold | G |
Sage Wilson
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Poet's note: A thought on the weakness of man against time and mother nature.
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Omar Combie: I liked the symbolic use of the stone to represent people. I agree that no matter how great the mountain any of us is, we all eventually return to dust by the hands of time.
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