From Afar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDEFGCBHIIJEKH| The 'I' that floats along the wave of time | A |
| From a distance I watch him | B |
| With the dust and the water | C |
| With the fruit and the flower | C |
| With the All he is rushing forward | D |
| He is always on the surface | E |
| Tossed by the waves and dancing to the rhythm | F |
| Of joy and suffering | G |
| The least loss makes him suffer | C |
| The least wound hurts him | B |
| Him I see from afar | H |
| That 'I' is not my real self | I |
| I am still within myself | I |
| I do not float in the stream of death | J |
| I am free I am desireless | E |
| I am peace I am illumined | K |
| Him I see from afar | H |
Rabindranath Tagore
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