At The Last Watch Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFG HIGGJKLM NOEPQRDS TUNVWUIMXYZA2B2C2 MD2UZE2F2RLG2H2I2J2K 2L2M2N2O2 P2I2Q2DR2G| Pity in place of love | A |
| That pettiest of gifts | B |
| Is but a sugar coating over neglect | C |
| Any passerby can make a gift of it | D |
| To a street beggar | E |
| Only to forget the moment the first corner is turned | F |
| I had not hoped for anything more that day | G |
| - | |
| You left during the last watch of night | H |
| I had hoped you would say goodbye | I |
| Just say 'Adieu' before going away | G |
| What you had said another day | G |
| What I shall never hear again | J |
| In their place just that one word | K |
| Bound by the thin fabric of a little compassion | L |
| Would even that have been too much for you to bear | M |
| - | |
| When I first awoke from sleep | N |
| My heart fluttered with fear | O |
| Lest the time had been over | E |
| I rushed out of bed | P |
| The distant church clock chimed half past twelve | Q |
| I sat waiting near the door of my room | R |
| Resting my head against it | D |
| Facing the porch through which you would come out | S |
| - | |
| Even that tiniest of chances | T |
| Was snatched away by fate from hapless me | U |
| I fell asleep | N |
| Shortly before you left | V |
| Perhaps you cast a sidelong glance | W |
| At my reclining body | U |
| Like a broken boat left high and dry | I |
| Perhaps you walked away with care | M |
| Lest you wake me up | X |
| Awaking with a start I knew at once | Y |
| That my vigil had been wasted | Z |
| I realised what was to go went away in a moment | A2 |
| What was to stay behind stayed on | B2 |
| For all time | C2 |
| - | |
| Silence everywhere | M |
| Like that of a birds' nest bereft of birds | D2 |
| On the bough of a songless tree | U |
| With the lifeless light of the waning moon was now blended | Z |
| The pallor of dawn | E2 |
| Spreading itself over the greyness of my empty life | F2 |
| I walked towards your bedroom | R |
| For no reason | L |
| Outside the door | G2 |
| Burnt a smoky lantern covered with soot | H2 |
| The porch smelt of the smouldering wick | I2 |
| Over the abandoned bed the flaps of the rolled up mosquito net | J2 |
| Fluttered a little in the breeze | K2 |
| Seen in the sky outside through the window | L2 |
| Was the morning star | M2 |
| Witness of all sleepless people | N2 |
| Bereft of hope | O2 |
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| Suddenly I found you had left behind by mistake | P2 |
| Your gold mounted ivory walking stick | I2 |
| If there were time I thought | Q2 |
| You might come back from the station to look for it | D |
| But not because | R2 |
| You had not seen me before going away | G |
Rabindranath Tagore
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