The Hero Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEFGHIJDKLMNOFPA QBRSQTUVWXYBZTGVA2B2 C2AVGDD2BE2F2G2H2I2J 2T| Mother let us imagine we are travelling and passing through a | A |
| strange and dangerous country | B |
| You are riding in a palanquin and I am trotting by you on a | A |
| red horse | C |
| It is evening and the sun goes down The waste of Joradighi | D |
| lies wan and grey before us The land is desolate and barren | E |
| You are frightened and thinking I know not where we have come | F |
| to | G |
| I say to you Mother do not be afraid | H |
| The meadow is prickly with spiky grass and through it runs | I |
| a narrow broken path | J |
| There are no cattle to be seen in the wide field they have | D |
| gone to their village stalls | K |
| It grows dark and dim on the land and sky and we cannot tell | L |
| where we are going | M |
| Suddenly you call me and ask me in a whisper What light is | N |
| that near the bank | O |
| Just then there bursts out a fearful yell and figures come | F |
| running towards us | P |
| You sit crouched in your palanquin and repeat the names of the | A |
| gods in prayer | Q |
| The bearers shaking in terror hide themselves in the thorny | B |
| bush | R |
| I shout to you Don't be afraid mother I am here | S |
| With long sticks in their hands and hair all wild about their | Q |
| heads they come nearer and nearer | T |
| I shout Have a care you villains One step more and you are | U |
| dead men | V |
| They give another terrible yell and rush forward | W |
| You clutch my hand and say Dear boy for heaven's sake keep | X |
| away from them | Y |
| I say Mother just you watch me | B |
| Then I spur my horse for a wild gallop and my sword and | Z |
| buckler clash against each other | T |
| The fight becomes so fearful mother that it would give you | G |
| a cold shudder could you see it from your palanquin | V |
| Many of them fly and a great number are cut to pieces | A2 |
| I know you are thinking sitting all by yourself that your | B2 |
| boy must be dead by this time | C2 |
| But I come to you all stained with blood and say Mother the | A |
| fight is over now | V |
| You come out and kiss me pressing me to your heart and you | G |
| say to yourself | D |
| I don't know what I should do if I hadn't my boy to escort | D2 |
| me | B |
| A thousand useless things happen day after day and why | E2 |
| couldn't such a thing come true by chance | F2 |
| It would be like a story in a book | G2 |
| My brother would say Is it possible I always thought he was | H2 |
| so delicate | I2 |
| Our village people would all say in amazement Was it not | J2 |
| lucky that the boy was with his mother | T |
Rabindranath Tagore
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