The Dove Of Dacca Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACB DEECE FDFCE EDECD GDGCD HEHCE EIECI ABABCB| The freed dove flew to the Rajah's tower | A |
| Fled from the slaughter of Moslem kings | B |
| And the thorns have covered the city of Gaur | A |
| Dove dove oh homing dove | C |
| Little white traitor with woe on thy wings | B |
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| The Rajah of Dacca rode under the wall | D |
| He set in his bosom a dove of flight | E |
| If she return be sure that I fall quot | E |
| Dove dove oh homing dove | C |
| Pressed to his heart in the thick of the fight | E |
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| quot Fire the palace the fort and the keep | F |
| Leave to the foeman no spoil at all | D |
| In the flame of the palace lie down and sleep | F |
| If the dove if the dove if the homing dove | C |
| Come and alone to the palace wall quot | E |
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| The Kings of the North they were scattered abroad | E |
| The Rajah of Dacca he slew them all | D |
| Hot from slaughter he stooped at the ford | E |
| And the dove the dove oh the homing dove | C |
| She thought of her cote on the palace wall | D |
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| She opened her wings and she flew away | G |
| Fluttered away beyond recall | D |
| She came to the palace at break of day | G |
| Dove dove oh homing dove | C |
| Flying so fast for a kingdom's fall | D |
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| The Queens of Dacca they slept in flame | H |
| Slept in the flame of the palace old | E |
| To save their honour from Moslem shame | H |
| And the dove the dove oh the homing dove | C |
| She cooed to her young where the smoke cloud rolled | E |
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| The Rajah of Dacca rode far and fleet | E |
| Followed as fast as a horse could fly | I |
| He came and the palace was black at his feet | E |
| And the dove the dove the homing dove | C |
| Circled alone in the stainless sky | I |
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| So the dove flew to the Rajah's tower | A |
| Fled from the slaughter of Moslem kings | B |
| So the thorns covered the city of Gaur | A |
| And Dacca was lost for a white dove's wings | B |
| Dove dove oh homing dove | C |
| Dacca is lost from the Roll of the Kings | B |
Rudyard Kipling
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