The Lotus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CD EF GH| On the day when the lotus bloomed alas my mind was straying | A |
| and I knew it not My basket was empty and the flower remained unheeded | B |
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| Only now and again a sadness fell upon me and I started up from my | C |
| dream and felt a sweet trace of a strange fragrance in the south wind | D |
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| That vague sweetness made my heart ache with longing and it seemed to | E |
| me that is was the eager breath of the summer seeking for its completion | F |
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| I knew not then that it was so near that it was mine and that this | G |
| perfect sweetness had blossomed in the depth of my own heart | H |
Rabindranath Tagore
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