Howrah Bridge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFDG HIJKLMNO PQKKRST DUVWXYZA2J| They built me with their sweats | A |
| And enslaved blood | B |
| As a high mark of their might | C |
| Wearing the chest of Calcuttan culture | D |
| Since then I have been standing strong | E |
| On my plastered feet | F |
| Like the two mammoth poles bound together | D |
| Yet as different as East and West | G |
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| Bridging the gulf between the people | H |
| Quenching their thirst | I |
| Generation after generation | J |
| With the water ever flowing under me | K |
| I harbor beneath my bosom | L |
| A cauldron of composite cultures | M |
| Unifying their heart their mind their languages | N |
| All fused into one As a whole | O |
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| Millions and millions smile in myriad ways | P |
| Tagore sings in their heart | Q |
| National song of unity despite diversity | K |
| And hymns of humanity | K |
| Invoking their secular conscience | R |
| To embrace one and all | S |
| Moving alone walking alone | T |
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| As a witness to the holy river | D |
| Of universal love and social pathos | U |
| I have nursed and healed | V |
| Many a man my offspring who is the true man | W |
| Of heart and mind with cosmopolitan frame | X |
| With the head held high in esteem | Y |
| Like the tricolor flag | Z |
| Unfurling the glorious past and pride | A2 |
| Of the nation | J |
Bhaskaranand Jha Bhaskar
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