The Gardener Ix: When I Go Alone At Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMANJOJPQ M| When I go alone at night to my | A |
| love tryst birds do not sing the wind | B |
| does not stir the houses on both sides | C |
| of the street stand silent | D |
| It is my own anklets that grow loud | E |
| at every step and I am ashamed | F |
| When I sit on my balcony and listen | G |
| for his footsteps leaves do not rustle | H |
| on the trees and the water is still in | I |
| the river like the sword on the knees | J |
| of a sentry fallen asleep | K |
| It is my own heart that beats wildly | L |
| I do not know how to quiet it | M |
| When my love comes and sits by | A |
| my side when my body trembles and | N |
| my eyelids droop the night darkens | J |
| the wind blows out the lamp and the | O |
| clouds draw veils over the stars | J |
| It is the jewel at my own breast | P |
| that shines and gives light I do not | Q |
| know how to hide it | M |
Rabindranath Tagore
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