Shiv And The Grasshopper Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEE FGHHAAII CJEE K L MMMM CDNE| Shiv who poured the harvest and made the winds to blow | A |
| Sitting at the doorways of a day of long ago | A |
| Gave to each his portion food and toil and fate | B |
| From the King upon the guddee to the Beggar at the gate | B |
| All things made he Shiva the Preserver | C |
| Mahadeo Mahadeo He made all | D |
| Thorn for the camel fodder for the kine | E |
| And Mother's heart for sleepy head O little Son of mine | E |
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| Wheat he gave to rich folk millet to the poor | F |
| Broken scraps for holy men that beg from door to door | G |
| Cattle to the tiger carrion to the kite | H |
| And rags and bones to wicked wolves without the wall at night | H |
| Naught he found too lofty none he saw too low | A |
| Parbati beside him watched them come and go | A |
| Thought to cheat her husband turning Shiv to jest | I |
| Stole the little grasshopper and hid it in her breast | I |
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| So she tricked him Shiva the Preserver | C |
| Mahadeo Mahadeo turn and see | J |
| Tall are the camels heavy are the kine | E |
| But this was Least of Little Things O little Son of mine | E |
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| When the dole was ended laughingly she said | K |
| 'Master of a million mouths is not one unfed ' | - |
| Laughing Shiv made answer 'All have had their part | L |
| Even he the little one hidden 'neath thy heart ' | - |
| From her breast she plucked it Parbati the thief | M |
| Saw the Least of Little Things gnawed a new grown leaf | M |
| Saw and feared and wondered making prayer to Shiv | M |
| Who hath surely given meat to all that live | M |
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| All things made he Shiva the Preserver | C |
| Mahadeo Mahadeo He made all | D |
| Thorn for the camel fodder for the kine find | N |
| Mother's heart for sleepy head O little Son of mine | E |
Rudyard Kipling
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