The Golden Boat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDA EFGHE IDJKI LMNML OPQQP RSDBR| Clouds rumbling in the sky teeming rain | A |
| I sit on the river bank sad and alone | B |
| The sheaves lie gathered harvest has ended | C |
| The river is swollen and fierce in its flow | D |
| As we cut the paddy it started to rain | A |
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| One small paddy field no one but me | E |
| Flood waters twisting and swirling everywhere | F |
| Trees on the far bank smear shadows like ink | G |
| On a village painted on deep morning grey | H |
| On this side a paddy field no one but me | E |
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| Who is this steering close to the shore | I |
| Singing I feel that she is someone I know | D |
| The sails are filled wide she gazes ahead | J |
| Waves break helplessly against the boat each side | K |
| I watch and feel I have seen her face before | I |
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| Oh to what foreign land do you sail | L |
| Come to the bank and moor your boat for a while | M |
| Go where you want to give where you care to | N |
| But come to the bank a moment show your smile | M |
| Take away my golden paddy when you sail | L |
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| Take it take as much as you can load | O |
| Is there more No none I have put it aboard | P |
| My intense labour here by the river | Q |
| I have parted with it all layer upon layer | Q |
| Now take me as well be kind take me aboard | P |
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| No room no room the boat is too small | R |
| Loaded with my gold paddy the boat is full | S |
| Across the rain sky clouds heave to and fro | D |
| On the bare river bank I remain alone | B |
| What had has gone the golden boat took all | R |
Rabindranath Tagore
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