The Bride Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCCD EFEFCCCCD CGCGCBCBD HIHIJKJLD CMCMNBNBD| Beat on the Tom toms and scatter the flowers | A |
| Jasmin Hibiscus vermillion and white | B |
| This is the day and the Hour of Hours | A |
| Bring forth the Bride for her Lover's delight | B |
| Maidens no more as a maiden shall claim her | C |
| Near in his Mystery draweth Desire | C |
| Who if she waver a moment shall blame her | C |
| She is a flower and love is a fire | C |
| Choti Tinchaurya syani hogayi | D |
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| Give her the anklets the rings and the necklace | E |
| Darken her eyelids with delicate Art | F |
| Heighten the beauty so youthful and fleckless | E |
| By the Gods favoured oh Bridegroom thou art | F |
| Twine in thy fingers her fingers so slender | C |
| Circle together the Mystical Fire | C |
| Bridegroom a whisper be gentle and tender | C |
| Choti Tinchaurya knows not desire | C |
| Abhi Tinchaurya syani hogayi | D |
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| Bring forth the silks and the veil that shall cover | C |
| Beauty till yesterday careless and wild | G |
| Red are her lips for the kiss of a lover | C |
| Ripe are her breasts for the lips of a child | G |
| Centre and Shrine of Mysterious Power | C |
| Chalice of Pleasure and Rose of Delight | B |
| Shyly aware of the swift coming hour | C |
| Waiting the shade and the silence of night | B |
| Choti Tinchaurya syani hogayi | D |
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| Still must the Bridegroom his longing dissemble | H |
| Longing to loosen the silk woven cord | I |
| Ah how his fingers will flutter and tremble | H |
| Fingers well skilled with the bridle and sword | I |
| Thine is his valor oh Bride and his beauty | J |
| Thine to possess and re issue again | K |
| Such is thy tender and passionate duty | J |
| Licit thy pleasure and honoured thy pain | L |
| Choti Tinchaurya syani hogayi | D |
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| Choti Tinchaurya lovely and tender | C |
| Still all unbroken to sorrow and strife | M |
| Come to the Bridegroom who silk clad and slender | C |
| Brings thee the Honour and Burden of Life | M |
| Bidding farewell to thy light hearted playtime | N |
| Worship thy Lover with fear and delight | B |
| Art thou not ever though slave of his daytime | N |
| Choti Tinchaurya queen of his night | B |
| Choti Tinchaurya syani hogayi | D |
Laurence Hope (adela Florence Cory Nicolson)
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