Paper Boats Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFEGHIJKLMNOP| Day by day I float my paper boats one by one down the running | A |
| stream | B |
| In bid black letters I write my name on them and the name of | C |
| the village where I live | D |
| I hope that someone in some strange land will find them and | E |
| know who I am | F |
| I load my little boats with shiuli flower from our garden and | E |
| hope that these blooms of the dawn will be carried safely to land | G |
| in the night | H |
| I launch my paper boats and look up into the sky and see the | I |
| little clouds setting thee white bulging sails | J |
| I know not what playmate of mine in the sky sends them down | K |
| the air to race with my boats | L |
| When night comes I bury my face in my arms and dream that my | M |
| paper boats float on and on under the midnight stars | N |
| The fairies of sleep are sailing in them and the lading ins | O |
| their baskets full of dreams | P |
Rabindranath Tagore
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