Nightfall In The City Of Hyderabad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC BB BB BB CCSEE how the speckled sky burns like a pigeon's throat | A |
Jewelled with embers of opal and peridote | A |
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See the white river that flashes and scintillates | B |
Curved like a tusk from the mouth of the city gates | B |
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Hark from the minaret how the muezzin's call | C |
Floats like a battle flag over the city wall | C |
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From trellised balconies languid and luminous | B |
Faces gleam veiled in a splendour voluminous | B |
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Leisurely elephants wind through the winding lanes | B |
Swinging their silver bells hung from their silver chains | B |
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Round the high Char Minar sounds of gay cavalcades | B |
Blend with the music of cymbals and serenades | B |
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Over the city bridge Night comes majestical | C |
Borne like a queen to a sumptuous festival | C |
Sarojini Naidu
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Nethra: IT IS A GREAT POEM WITH BEAUTIFUL LINES OF DESCRIBING EVERY SINGLE THINGS AROUND. ONE OF MY FAVOURITE POEMS. I LOVED IT A LOT WHILE READING .
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