Gorilla-19 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHIJK LMNAOFI PQRCS THH| One day I and flies were eating our food together | A |
| Then I realised that the fly is a much greater animal than me It hopped | B |
| On the head of Akbar and perched on the nose of Ashoka and of all on the | C |
| August body of our great government officer But I the poor being | D |
| That I am can never dream of even setting my foot into their premises | E |
| So I thought the lunch I had that day with the flies was a great honour in my life | F |
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| In fact I am a common man with folds on my face | G |
| Furrowed by the plough of life yet I am a hero living in a city | H |
| Which is a magnificent heap of rubbish where bacteriological germs | I |
| Ascend thrones and rule their subjects there I breathe | J |
| And work chiselling my poems in my workshop I am always busy and confused | K |
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| The moment I hear the cry of an imploring voice I break the poem I am working upon | L |
| At the time and rush out I confront the nakedness of human sorrow | M |
| Rising from rags of torn hopes I hear the clinking noise of chains in the streets | N |
| I am not worried of my soul because even if I die it does not suffer | A |
| I am only grieved of my poor body which shared my sorrows and joys | O |
| Through the thick and thin of my life | F |
| It will be eaten up by these political germs | I |
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| I share my blood with mosquitoes and eat in company with flies | P |
| And in this great political epoch | Q |
| I am the legendary emperor Bali sacrifice | R |
| Seshendra Sharma | C |
| http seshendrasharma weebly com | S |
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| Gorilla modern Indian classic by Seshendra Sharma was published in | T |
| when India was passing through the cruel times of emergency | H |
| Imposed by Indira Gandhi | H |
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