It's True I Went To The Market Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCEFG H| My friend I went to the market and bought the Dark One | A |
| You claim by night I claim by day | B |
| Actually I was beating a drum all the time I was buying him | C |
| You say I gave too much I say too little | D |
| Actually I put him on a scale before I bought him | C |
| What I paid was my social body my town body my family body and all my inherited jewels | E |
| Mirabai says The Dark One is my husband now | F |
| Be with me when I lie down you promised me this in an earlier life | G |
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| Translated by Robert Bly | H |
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