The Merchant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLDMNOPQRS TL| Imagine mother that you are to stay at home and I am to travel | A |
| into strange lands | B |
| Imagine that my boat is ready at the landing fully laden | C |
| Now think well mother before you say what I shall bring for | D |
| you when I come back | E |
| Mother do you want heaps and heaps of gold | F |
| There by the banks of golden streams fields are full of | G |
| golden harvest | H |
| And in the shade of the forest path the golden champ flower | I |
| drop on the ground | J |
| I will gather them all for you in many hundred baskets | K |
| Mother do you want pearls big as the raindrops of autumn | L |
| I shall cross to the pearl island shore | D |
| There in the early morning light pearls tremble on the meadow | M |
| flowers pearls drop on the grass and pearls are scattered on the | N |
| sand in spray by the wild sea waves | O |
| My brother shall have a pair of horses with wings to fly among | P |
| the clouds | Q |
| For father I shall bring a magic pen that without his | R |
| knowing will write of itself | S |
| For you mother I must have the casket and jewel that cost | T |
| seven kings their kingdom | L |
Rabindranath Tagore
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