Clouds And Waves Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJCKLAMNDOPQ MLREOJS| Mother the folk who live up in the clouds call out to me | A |
| We play from the time we wake till the day ends | B |
| We play with the golden dawn we play with the silver moon | C |
| I ask But how am I to get up to you | D |
| They answer Come to the edge of the earth lift up your | E |
| hands to the sky and you will be taken up into the clouds | F |
| My mother is waiting for me at home I say How can I leave | G |
| her and come | H |
| Then they smile and float away | I |
| But I know a nicer game than that mother | J |
| I shall be the cloud and you the moon | C |
| I shall cover you with both my hands and our house top will | K |
| be the blue sky | L |
| The folk who live in the waves call out to me | A |
| We sing from morning till night on and on we travel and know | M |
| not where we pass | N |
| I ask But how am I to join you | D |
| They tell me Come to the edge of the shore and stand with | O |
| your eyes tight shut and you will be carried out upon the waves | P |
| I say My mother always wants me at home in the everything | Q |
| how can I leave her and go | M |
| They smile dance and pass by | L |
| But I know a better game than that | R |
| I will be the waves and you will be a strange shore | E |
| I shall roll on and on and on and break upon your lap with | O |
| laughter | J |
| And no one in the world will know where we both are | S |
Rabindranath Tagore
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Clouds And Waves
Clouds And Waves is a poem by Rabindranath Tagore. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Clouds And Waves poem by Rabindranath Tagore
Best Poems of Rabindranath Tagore