The Interrogatio Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CC DE FF GH IJ KL MN LO PP PP QQ RP SS PP PP PP PP TT TT GG GG PR| The bright sun is hidden the night shows its face | A |
| The night's hair is spread on shoulders of the earth | B |
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| This black dress is preparation for some one's mourning | C |
| Perhaps the Nature's assemblage for the sun is mourning | C |
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| The sky is casting a spell over the talking lip | D |
| The night's magician is watching the awakened eye | E |
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| The wind current is submerged in the river of silence | F |
| However the tolling bell's sound comes from the distance | F |
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| Heart which in love's turmoil is evading the world | G |
| Has dragged me here far from the maddening crowd | H |
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| I am the spectator of the spectacle of disappointments | I |
| I am the associate of those sleeping in solitude's corner | J |
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| O My restlessness Wait and let me rest awhile | K |
| And let me shed a few tears at this habitation | L |
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| O those steeped in a swoon 'Where are you | M |
| Tell me something of the land where you live | N |
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| Is that world also one of prevarication | L |
| Is that world also one of denizens' struggle | O |
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| Is Man engulfed by sorrow in that land also | P |
| Is Man's heart suppressed and helpless in that land also | P |
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| Does the moth burn itself in candle's love in that land also | P |
| Does the tale of flower and nightingale exist in that garden also | P |
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| In this world a single hemistich perturbs the heart | Q |
| Does there also the warmth of verse soften the heart | Q |
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| This world's relations and alliances life's woes are | R |
| Are similar sharp thorns present in that garden also | P |
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| The daily bread and a million calamities this world has | S |
| Does the soul freedom from anxieties in that world has | S |
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| Are the thunder the farmer the harvest there also | P |
| Are the caravan and the robber's fear there also | P |
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| Do birds collect bits of straw for nests there also | P |
| Is the search for bricks and clay for house there also | P |
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| Are the humans unaware of their reality there also | P |
| Are they after nations' and customs' discrimination there also | P |
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| Does garden not cry at the nightingale's wail there also | P |
| Like this world is there no sympathy in that world also | P |
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| Does the Paradise a garden or a restful mansion constitute | T |
| Or does the Eternal Beauty's Unveiled Face it constitute | T |
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| Does hell a method of burning away sins constitute | T |
| Or it in flames of fire a way of discipline constitute | T |
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| Has walking given way to speedy flying in that world | G |
| What is the secret of what is called death by denizens of this world | G |
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| Life eases the heart's restlessness in this world | G |
| Is human knowledge also restricted in that world | G |
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| Does the separated heart get satisfaction by sight there also | P |
| Are 'Lan Tar | R |
Allama Muhammad Iqbal
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