Srahmandazi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CDED EFB FFBF FGBG AHBH GBBB FGBG FFB AIAI CFG CFHF CGB CIBI FJB| Deep embowered beside the forest river | A |
| Where the flame of sunset only falls | B |
| Lapped in silence lies the House of Dying | C |
| House of them to whom the twilight calls | B |
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| There within when day was near to ending | C |
| By her lord a woman young and strong | D |
| By his chief a songman old and stricken | E |
| Watched together till the hour of song | D |
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| 'O my songman now the bow is broken | E |
| Now the arrows one by one are sped | F |
| Sing to me the song of Srahmandazi | B |
| Srahmandazi home of all the dead ' | - |
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| Then the songman flinging wide his songnet | F |
| On the last token laid his master's hand | F |
| While he sang the song of Srahmandazi | B |
| None but dying men can understand | F |
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| 'Yonder sun that fierce and fiery hearted | F |
| Marches down the sky to vanish soon | G |
| At the self same hour in Srahmandazi | B |
| Rises pallid like the rainy moon | G |
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| 'There he sees the heroes by their river | A |
| Where the great fish daily upward swim | H |
| Yet they are but shadows hunting shadows | B |
| Phantom fish in waters drear and dim | H |
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| 'There he sees the kings among their headmen | G |
| Women weaving children playing games | B |
| Yet they are but shadows ruling shadows | B |
| Phantom folk with dim forgotten names | B |
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| 'Bid farewell to all that most thou lovest | F |
| Tell thy heart thy living life is done | G |
| All the days and deeds of Srahmandazi | B |
| Are not worth an hour of yonder sun | G |
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| Dreamily the chief from out the songnet | F |
| Drew his hand and touched the woman's head | F |
| 'Know they not then love in Srahmandazi | B |
| Has a king no bride among the dead ' | - |
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| Then the songman answered 'O my master | A |
| Love they know but none may learn it there | I |
| Only souls that reach that land together | A |
| Keep their troth and find the twilight fair | I |
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| 'Thou art still a king and at thy passing | C |
| By thy latest word must all abide | F |
| If thou willest here am I thy songman | G |
| If thou lovest here is she thy bride ' | - |
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| Hushed and dreamy lay the House of Dying | C |
| Dreamily the sunlight upward failed | F |
| Dreamily the chief on eyes that loved him | H |
| Looked with eyes the coming twilight veiled | F |
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| Then he cried 'My songman I am passing | C |
| Let her live her life is but begun | G |
| All the days and nights of Srahmandazi | B |
| Are not worth an hour of yonder sun ' | - |
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| Yet when there within the House of Dying | C |
| The last silence held the sunset air | I |
| Not alone he came to Srahmandazi | B |
| Not alone she found the twilight fair | I |
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| While the songman far beneath the forest | F |
| Sang of Srahmandazi all night through | J |
| 'Lovely be thy name O Land of shadows | B |
| Land of meeting Land of all the true ' | - |
Sir Henry Newbolt
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