The Banyan Tree Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLGMNO| O you shaggy headed banyan tree standing on the bank of the pond | A |
| have you forgotten the little chile like the birds that have | B |
| nested in your branches and left you | C |
| Do you not remember how he sat at the window and wondered at | D |
| the tangle of your roots and plunged underground | E |
| The women would come to fill their jars in the pond and your | F |
| huge black shadow would wriggle on the water like sleep struggling | G |
| to wake up | H |
| Sunlight danced on the ripples like restless tiny shuttles | I |
| weaving golden tapestry | J |
| Two ducks swam by the weedy margin above their shadows and | K |
| the child would sit still and think | L |
| He longed to be the wind and blow through your resting | G |
| branches to be your shadow and lengthen with the day on the water | M |
| to be a bird and perch on your topmost twig and to float like | N |
| those ducks among the weeds and shadows | O |
Rabindranath Tagore
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