The Sailor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNHOPQDI RSGH| The boat of the boatman Madhu is moored at the wharf of Rajgunj | A |
| It is uselessly laden with jute and has been lying there idle | B |
| for ever so long | C |
| If he would only lend me his boat I should man her with a | D |
| hundred oars and hoist sails five or six or seven | E |
| I should never steer her to stupid markets | F |
| I should sail the seven seas and the thirteen rivers of | G |
| fairyland | H |
| But mother you won't weep for me in a corner | I |
| I am not going into the forest like Ramachandra to come back | J |
| only after fourteen years | K |
| I shall become the prince of the story and fill my boat with | L |
| whatever I like | M |
| I shall take my friend Ashu with me We shall sail merrily | N |
| across the ever seas and the thirteen rivers of fairyland | H |
| We shall set sail in the early morning light | O |
| When at noontide you are bathing at the pond we shall be in | P |
| the land of a strange king | Q |
| We shall pass the ford of Tirpurni and leave behind us the | D |
| desert of Tepantar | I |
| When we come back it will be getting dark and I shall tell | R |
| you of all that we have seen | S |
| I shall cross the seven seas and the thirteen rivers of | G |
| fairyland | H |
Rabindranath Tagore
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