The Further Bank Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEAEFGHIJKLMNOPGH EQRSMTUVAGH| I long to go over there to the further bank of the river | A |
| Where those boats are tied to the bamboo poles in a line | B |
| Where men cross over in their boats in the morning with | C |
| ploughs on their shoulders to till their far away fields | D |
| Where the cowherds make their lowing cattle swim across to the | E |
| riverside pasture | A |
| Whence they all come back home in the evening leaving the | E |
| jackals to howl in the island overgrown with weeds | F |
| Mother if you don't mind I should like to become the boatman | G |
| of the ferry when I am grown up | H |
| They say there are strange pools hidden behind that high bank | I |
| Where flocks of wild ducks come when the rains are over and | J |
| thick reeds grow round the margins where water birds lay their | K |
| eggs | L |
| Where snipes with their dancing tails stamp their tiny | M |
| footprints upon the clean soft mud | N |
| Where in the evening the tall grasses crested with while | O |
| flowers invite the moonbeam to float upon their waves | P |
| Mother if you don't mind I should like to become the boatman | G |
| of the ferryboat when I am grown up | H |
| I shall cross and cross back from bank to bank and all the | E |
| boys and girls of the village will wonder at me while they are | Q |
| bathing | R |
| When the sun climbs the mid sky and morning wears on to noon | S |
| I shall come running to you saying Mother I am hungry | M |
| When the day is done and the shadows cower under the trees | T |
| I shall come back in the dust | U |
| I shall never go away from you into the town to work like | V |
| father | A |
| Mother if you don't mind I should like to become the boatman | G |
| of the ferryboat when I am grown up | H |
Rabindranath Tagore
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