A Mother's Dream Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CC DD EC FF FG HH IJ KL MM NN NN HN OO PP| As I slept one night I saw this dream | A |
| Which further increased my vexation | B |
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| I dreamt I was going somewhere on the way | C |
| Dark it was and impossible to find the way | C |
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| Trembling all over with fear I was | D |
| Difficult to take even a step with fear was | D |
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| With some courage as I forward moved | E |
| I saw some boys as lined in nice array | C |
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| Dressed in emerald like raiment they were | F |
| Carrying lighted lamps in their hands they were | F |
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| They were going quietly behind each other | F |
| No one knew where they were to go | G |
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| Involved in this thought was I | H |
| When in this troupe my son saw I | H |
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| He was walking at the back and was not walking fast | I |
| The lamp he had in his hand was not lighted | J |
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| Recognizing him I said 'O My dear | K |
| Where have you come leaving me there | L |
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| Restless due to separation I am | M |
| Weeping every day for ever I am | M |
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| You did not care even a little for me | N |
| What loyalty you showed you left me' | N |
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| As the child saw the distress in me | N |
| He replied thus turning around to me | N |
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| 'The separation from me makes you cry | H |
| Not least little good does this to me' | N |
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| He remained quiet for a while after talking | O |
| Showing me the lamp then he started talking | O |
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| 'Do you understand what happened to this | P |
| Your tears have extinguished this' | P |
Allama Muhammad Iqbal
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