A Cow And A Goat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CD EE AA AF GH IJ IK LB MM NO PP QQ RR PP II O ST UA EV WX QQ YY PP YY ZQ TQ A2S B2| There was a verdant pasture somewhere | A |
| Whose land was the very picture of beauty | B |
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| How can the beauty of that elegance be described | C |
| Brooks of sparkling water were running on every side | D |
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| Many were the pomegranate trees | E |
| And so were the shady peepul trees | E |
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| Cool breeze flowed everywhere | A |
| Birds were singing everywhere | A |
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| A goat arrived at a brook's bank from somewhere | A |
| It came browsing from somewhere in the nearby land | F |
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| As she stopped and looked around | G |
| She noticed a cow standing by | H |
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| The goat first presented her compliments to the cow | I |
| Then respectfully started this conversation | J |
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| 'How are you Madam Cow' | I |
| The cow replied 'Not too well | K |
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| 'My life is a mere existence | L |
| My life is a complete agony | B |
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| My life is in danger what can I say | M |
| My luck is bad what can I say | M |
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| I am surprised at the state of affairs | N |
| I am cursing the evil people | O |
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| The poor ones like us are powerless | P |
| Misfortunes surround the ones like us | P |
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| None should nicely deal with Man | Q |
| May God protect us from Man | Q |
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| He murmurs if my milk declines | R |
| He sells me if my weight declines | R |
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| He subdues us with cleverness | P |
| Alluring he always subjugates us | P |
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| I nurse his children with milk | I |
| I give them new life with milk | I |
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| My goodness is repaid with evil | O |
| My prayer to God is for mercy ' | - |
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| Having heard the cow's story like this | S |
| The goat replied 'This complaint is unjust | T |
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| Though truth is always bitter | U |
| I shall speak what is fair | A |
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| This pasture and this cool breeze | E |
| This green grass and this shade | V |
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| Such comforts were beyond our lot | W |
| They were a far cry for us speechless poor | X |
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| We owe these pleasures to Man | Q |
| We owe all our happiness to Man | Q |
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| We derive all our prosperity from him | Y |
| What is better for us freedom or bondage to him | Y |
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| Hundreds of dangers lurk in the wilderness | P |
| May God protect us from the wilderness | P |
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| We are heavily indebted to him | Y |
| Unjust is our complaint against him | Y |
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| If you appreciate the life's comforts | Z |
| You would never complain against Man' | Q |
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| Hearing all this the cow felt embarrassed | T |
| She was sorry for complaining against Man | Q |
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| She mused over the good and the bad | A2 |
| And thoughtfully she said this | S |
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| 'Small though is the body of the goat | B2 |
| Convincing is the advice of the goat ' | - |
Allama Muhammad Iqbal
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