I Cast My Net Into The Sea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E F| In the morning I cast my net into the sea | A |
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| I dragged up from the dark abyss things of strange aspect and strange beauty some shone like a smile some glistened like tears and some were flushed like the cheeks of a bride | B |
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| When with the day's burden I went home my love was sitting in the garden idly tearing the leaves of a flower | C |
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| I hesitated for a moment and then placed at her feet all that I had dragged up and stood silent | D |
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| She glanced at them and said 'What strange things are these I know not of what use they are ' | - |
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| I bowed my head in shame and thought 'I have not fought for these I did not buy them in the market they are not fit gifts for her ' | - |
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| Then the whole night through I flung them one by one into the street | E |
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| In the morning travellers came they picked them up and carried them into far countries | F |
Rabindranath Tagore
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