The Gardener Lxxxiii: She Dwelt On The Hillside Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDEFGHIJKLCBMNOPQ RSTUCVCSLKKCSWKXKYZU A2B2C2D2QXQLE2F2G2CL QKWCGO| She dwelt on the hillside by edge | A |
| of a maize field near the spring that | B |
| flows in laughing rills through the | C |
| solemn shadows of ancient trees The | C |
| women came there to fill their jars | D |
| and travellers would sit there to rest | E |
| and talk She worked and dreamed | F |
| daily to the tune of the bubbling | G |
| stream | H |
| One evening the stranger came down | I |
| from the cloud hidden peak his locks | J |
| were tangled like drowsy snakes We | K |
| asked in wonder Who are you | L |
| He answered not but sat by the | C |
| garrulous stream and silently gazed at | B |
| the hut where she dwelt Our hearts | M |
| quaked in fear and we came back home | N |
| when it was night | O |
| Next morning when the women | P |
| came to fetch water at the spring by | Q |
| the deodar trees they found the doors | R |
| open in her hut but her voice was gone | S |
| and where was her smiling face | T |
| The empty jar lay on the floor and her | U |
| lamp had burnt itself out in the | C |
| corner No one knew where she had | V |
| fled to before it was morning and the | C |
| stranger had gone | S |
| In the month of May the sun grew | L |
| strong and the snow melted and we | K |
| sat by the spring and wept We | K |
| wondered in our mind Is there a | C |
| spring in the land where she has gone | S |
| and where she can fill her vessel in | W |
| these hot thirsty days And we | K |
| asked each other in dismay Is there | X |
| a land beyond these hills where we | K |
| live | Y |
| It was a summer night the breeze | Z |
| blew from the south and I sat in her | U |
| deserted room where the lamp stood | A2 |
| still unlit When suddenly from | B2 |
| before my eyes the hills vanished like | C2 |
| curtains drawn aside Ah it is | D2 |
| she who comes How are you my | Q |
| child Are you happy But where | X |
| can you shelter under this open sky | Q |
| And alas our spring is not here to | L |
| allay your thirst | E2 |
| Here is the same sky she said | F2 |
| only free from the fencing hills | G2 |
| this is the same stream grown into a | C |
| river the same earth widened into | L |
| a plain Everything is here I | Q |
| sighed only we are not She | K |
| smiled sadly and said You are in | W |
| my heart I woke up and heard the | C |
| babbling of the stream and the rustling | G |
| of the deodars at night | O |
Rabindranath Tagore
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