Maran-milan (death-wedding) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEAFGH AIJKLAMNO AOPPQRSAT GARUVWBXA YZA2JB2AC2D2E2 AF2BBG2HABB H2I2GJ2BK2BBB L2M2BN2O2P2Q2BA| Why do you speak so softly Death Death | A |
| Creep upon me watch me so stealthily | B |
| This is not how a lover should behave | C |
| When evening flowers droop upon their tired | D |
| Stems when cattle are brought in from the fields | E |
| After a whole day s grazing you Death | A |
| Death approach me with such gentle steps | F |
| Settle yourself immovably by my side | G |
| I cannot understand the things you say | H |
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| Alas will this be how you will take me Death | A |
| Death Like a thief laying heavy sleep | I |
| On my eyes as you descend to my heart | J |
| Will you thus let your tread be a slow beat | K |
| In my sleep numbed blood your jingling ankle bells | L |
| A drowsy rumble in my ear Will you Death | A |
| Death wrap me finally in your cold | M |
| Arms and carry me away while I dream | N |
| I do not know why you thus come and go | O |
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| Tell me is this the way you wed Death | A |
| Death Unceremonially with no | O |
| Weight of sacrament or blessing or prayer | P |
| Will you come with your massy tawny hair | P |
| Unkempt unbound into a bright coil crown | Q |
| Will no one bear your victory flag before | R |
| Or after will no torches glow like red | S |
| Eyes along the river Death Death | A |
| Will earth not quake in terror at your step | T |
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| When fierce eyed Siva came to take his bride | G |
| Remember all the pomp and trappings Death | A |
| Death the flapping tiger skins he wore | R |
| His roaring bull the serpents hissing round | U |
| His hair the bom bom sound as he slapped his cheeks | V |
| The necklace of skulls swinging round his neck | W |
| The sudden raucous music as he blew | B |
| His horn to announce his coming was this not | X |
| A better way of wedding Death Death | A |
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| And as that deathly wedding party s din | Y |
| Grew nearer Death Death tears of joy | Z |
| Filled Gauri s eyes and the garments at her breast | A2 |
| Quivered her left eye fluttered and her heart | J |
| Pounded her body quailed with thrilled delight | B2 |
| And her mind ran away with itself Death Death | A |
| Her mother wailed and smote her head at the thought | C2 |
| Of receiving so wild a groom and in his mind | D2 |
| Her father agreed calamity had struck | E2 |
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| Why must you always come like a thief Death | A |
| Death always silently at night s end | F2 |
| Leaving only tears Come to me festively | B |
| Make the whole night ring with your triumph blow | B |
| Your victory conch dress me in blood red robes | G2 |
| Grasp me by the hand and sweep me away | H |
| Pay no heed to what others may think Death | A |
| Death for I shall of my own free will | B |
| Resort to you if you but take me gloriously | B |
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| If I am immersed in work in my room | H2 |
| When you arrive Death Death then break | I2 |
| My work thrust my unreadiness aside | G |
| If I am sleeping sinking all desires | J2 |
| In the dreamy pleasure of my bed or I lie | B |
| With apathy gripping my heart and my eyes | K2 |
| Flickering between sleep and waking fill | B |
| Your conch with your destructive breath and blow | B |
| Death Death and I shall run to you | B |
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| I shall go to where your boat is moored | L2 |
| Death Death to the sea where the wind rolls | M2 |
| Darkness towards me from infinity | B |
| I may see black clouds massing in the far | N2 |
| North east corner of the sky fiery snakes | O2 |
| Of lightning may rear up with their hoods raised | P2 |
| But I shall not flinch in unfounded fear | Q2 |
| I shall pass silently unswervingly | B |
| Across that red storm sea Death Death | A |
Rabindranath Tagore
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