Krishnakali Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDE FC GCCHIA FC JCKBFL FC MNOPQR FC ACSCDT FCIn the village they call her the dark girl | A |
but to me she is the flower Krishnakali | A |
On a cloudy day in a field | B |
I saw the dark girl's dark gazelle eyes | C |
She had no covering on her head | D |
her loose hair had fallen on her back | E |
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Dark However dark she be | F |
I have seen her dark gazelleeyes | C |
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Two black cows were lowing | G |
as it grew dark under the heavy clouds | C |
So with anxious hurried steps | C |
the dark girl came from her hut | H |
Raising her eyebrows toward the sky | I |
she listened a moment to the clouds' rumble | A |
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Dark However dark she be | F |
I have seen her dark gazelle eyes | C |
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A gust of the east wind | J |
rippled the rice plants | C |
I was standing by a ridge | K |
alone in the field | B |
Whether or not she looked at me | F |
Is known only to us two | L |
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Dark However dark she be | F |
I have seen her dark gazelle eyes | C |
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This how the Kohldark cloud | M |
rises in the northeast in Jaistha | N |
the soft dark shadow | O |
descends on the Tamal grove in Asharh | P |
and sudden delight floods the heart | Q |
in the night of Sravan | R |
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Dark However dark she be | F |
I have seen her dark gazelle eyes | C |
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To me she is the flower Krishnakali | A |
whatever she may be called by others | C |
In a field in Maynapara village | S |
I saw the dark girl's dark gazelle eyes | C |
She did not cover her head | D |
not having the time to feel embarrassed | T |
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Dark However dark she be | F |
I have seen her dark gazelle eyes | C |
Rabindranath Tagore
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