Red Lights Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDE AAFG HIJK KLKL MM NOPQP RR BSTKUK| You see faces with no identity | A |
| You see bodies with no destiny | A |
| Men slow down their cars on the road | B |
| Where 'love' is sold | C |
| They gaze at the streets | D |
| Where emotions never meet | E |
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| She sells herself for money | A |
| To give her child a better reality | A |
| She is like a bird | F |
| Whose wings are cut | G |
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| If you look at the girls in those dresses | H |
| You'll notice something which remains suppressed | I |
| Hurt pain tears | J |
| And endless fear | K |
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| Behind the fluorescent saree | K |
| And makeup so wild | L |
| There's a mother | K |
| Desperate to earn for her child | L |
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| She burns within everyday | M |
| She wants her child to be happy and gay | M |
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| She's a living corpse with | N |
| Burried hopes and | O |
| Shattered dreams | P |
| Silent she looks | Q |
| But inside she screams | P |
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| Her existence is an illusion | R |
| She's living a life of exclusion | R |
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| Today when you cross that road | B |
| And they look at you | S |
| As your car slows | T |
| Don't stop to gaze and stare | K |
| Smile gently in respect | U |
| To show that you actually care | K |
Arpita Ghosh
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