The Beginning Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRJJ STUVWU| Where have I come from where did you pick me up the baby asked | A |
| its mother | B |
| She answered half crying half laughing and clasping the | C |
| baby to her breast | D |
| You were hidden in my heart as its desire my darling | E |
| You were in the dolls of my childhood's games and when with | F |
| clay I made the image of my god every morning I made the unmade | G |
| you then | H |
| You were enshrined with our household deity in his worship | I |
| I worshipped you | J |
| In all my hopes and my loves in my life in the life of my | K |
| mother you have lived | L |
| In the lap of the deathless Spirit who rules our home you have | M |
| been nursed for ages | N |
| When in girlhood my heart was opening its petals you hovered | O |
| as a fragrance about it | P |
| Your tender softness bloomed in my youthful limbs like a glow | Q |
| in the sky before the sunrise | R |
| Heaven's first darling twain born with the morning light you | J |
| have floated down the stream of the world's life and at last you | J |
| have stranded on my heart | S |
| As I gaze on your face mystery overwhelms me you who belong | T |
| to all have become mine | U |
| For fear of losing you I hold you tight to my breast What | V |
| magic has snared the world's treasure in these slender arms of | W |
| mine | U |
Rabindranath Tagore
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