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Savitri. Part Iv Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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As still Savitri sat beside	A
Her husband dying dying fast	B
She saw a stranger slowly glide	A
Beneath the boughs that shrunk aghast	B
Upon his head he wore a crown	C
That shimmered in the doubtful light	D
His vestment scarlet reached low down	C
His waist a golden girdle dight	D
His skin was dark as bronze his face	E
Irradiate and yet severe	F
His eyes had much of love and grace	E
But glowed so bright they filled with fear	F
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A string was in the stranger's hand	D
Noosed at its end Her terrors now	G
Savitri scarcely could command	D
Upon the sod beneath a bough	G
She gently laid her husband's head	D
And in obeisance bent her brow	G
No mortal form is thine she said	D
Beseech thee say what god art thou	G
And what can be thine errand here	H
Savitri for thy prayers thy faith	I
Thy frequent vows thy fasts severe	F
I answer list my name is Death	J
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And I am come myself to take	K
Thy husband from this earth away	L
And he shall cross the doleful lake	K
In my own charge and let me say	L
To few such honours I accord	D
But his pure life and thine require	M
No less from me The dreadful sword	D
Like lightning glanced one moment dire	N
And then the inner man was tied	D
The soul no bigger than the thumb	O
To be borne onwards by his side	D
Savitri all the while stood dumb	O
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But when the god moved slowly on	P
To gain his own dominions dim	Q
Leaving the body there anon	P
Savitri meekly followed him	Q
Hoping against all hope he turned	D
And looked surprised Go back my child	D
Pale pale the stars above them burned	D
More weird the scene had grown and wild	D
It is not for the living hear	H
To follow where the dead must go	R
Thy duty lies before thee clear	F
What thou shouldst do the Shasters show	R
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The funeral rites that they ordain	P
And sacrifices must take up	S
Thy first sad moments not in vain	P
Is held to thee this bitter cup	S
Its lessons thou shall learn in time	T
All that thou canst do thou hast done	P
For thy dear lord Thy love sublime	T
My deepest sympathy hath won	P
Return for thou hast come as far	U
As living creature may Adieu	D
Let duty be thy guiding star	U
As ever To thyself be true	D
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Where'er my husband dear is led	D
Or journeys of his own free will	V
I too must go though darkness spread	D
Across my path portending ill	V
'Tis thus my duty I have read	D
If I am wrong oh with me bear	W
But do not bid me backward tread	D
My way forlorn for I can dare	W
All things but that ah pity me	X
A woman frail too sorely tried	D
And let me let me follow thee	X
O gracious god whate'er betide	D
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By all things sacred I entreat	D
By Penitence that purifies	L
By prompt Obedience full complete	D
To spiritual masters in the eyes	L
Of gods so precious by the love	Y
I bear my husband by the faith	I
That looks from earth to heaven above	Y
And by thy own great name O Death	J
And all thy kindness bid me not	D
To leave thee and to go my way	L
But let me follow as I ought	D
Thy steps and his as best I may	L
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I know that in this transient world	D
All is delusion nothing true	D
I know its shows are mists unfurled	D
To please and vanish To renew	D
Its bubble joys be magic bound	D
In Maya's network frail and fair	W
Is not my aim The gladsome sound	D
Of husband brother friend is air	W
To such as know that all must die	D
And that at last the time must come	O
When eye shall speak no more to eye	D
And Love cry Lo this is my sum	O
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I know in such a world as this	L
No one can gain his heart's desire	M
Or pass the years in perfect bliss	L
Like gold we must be tried by fire	M
And each shall suffer as he acts	L
And thinks his own sad burden bear	W
No friends can help his sins are facts	L
That nothing can annul or square	W
And he must bear their consequence	L
Can I my husband save by rites	L
Ah no that were a vain pretence	L
Justice eternal strict requites	L
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He for his deeds shall get his due	D
As I for mine thus here each soul	Z
Is its own friend if it pursue	D
The right and run straight for the goal	Z
But its own worst and direst foe	R
If it choose evil and in tracks	L
Forbidden for its pleasure go	R
Who knows not this true wisdom lacks	L
Virtue should be the turn and end	D
Of every life all else is vain	P
Duty should be its dearest friend	D
If higher life it would attain	P
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So sweet thy words ring on mine ear	H
Gentle Savitri that I fain	P
Would give some sign to make it clear	F
Thou hast not prayed to me in vain	P
Satyavan's life I may not grant	D
Nor take before its term thy life	A2
But I am not all adamant	D
I feel for thee thou faithful wife	A2
Ask thou aught else and let it be	X
Some good thing for thyself or thine	P
And I shall give it child to thee	X
If any power on earth be mine	P
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Well be it so My husband's sire	M
Hath lost his sight and fair domain	P
Give to his eyes their former fire	M
And place him on his throne again	P
It shall be done Go back my child	D
The hour wears late the wind feels cold	D
The path becomes more weird and wild	D
Thy feet are torn there's blood behold	D
Thou feelest faint from weariness	L
Oh try to follow me no more	B2
Go home and with thy presence bless	L
Those who thine absence there deplore	B2
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No weariness O Death I feel	C2
And how should I when by the side	D
Of Satyavan In woe and weal	C2
To be a helpmate swears the bride	D
This is my place by solemn oath	D2
Wherever thou conductest him	Q
I too must go to keep my troth	D2
And if the eye at times should brim	Q
'Tis human weakness give me strength	E2
My work appointed to fulfil	C2
That I may gain the crown at length	E2
The gods give those who do their will	C2
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The power of goodness is so great	D
We pray to feel its influence	L
For ever on us It is late	D
And the strange landscape awes my sense	L
But I would fain with thee go on	P
And hear thy voice so true and kind	D
The false lights that on objects shone	P
Have vanished and no longer blind	D
Thanks to thy simple presence Now	P
I feel a fresher air around	D
And see the glory of that brow	P
With flashing rubies fitly crowned	D
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Men call thee Yama conqueror	M
Because it is against their will	C2
They follow thee and they abhor	B2
The Truth which thou wouldst aye instil	C2
If they thy nature knew aright	D
O god all other gods above	Y
And that thou conquerest in the fight	D
By patience kindness mercy love	Y
And not by devastating wrath	F2
They would not shrink in childlike fright	D
To see thy shadow on their path	F2
But hail thee as sick souls the light	D
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Thy words Savitri greet mine ear	H
As sweet as founts that murmur low	C2
To one who in the deserts drear	H
With parch d tongue moves faint and slow	C2
Because thy talk is heart sincere	H
Without hypocrisy or guile	C2
Demand another boon my dear	H
But not of those forbad erewhile	C2
And I shall grant it ere we part	D
Lo the stars pale the way is long	G2
Receive thy boon and homewards start	D
For ah poor child thou art not strong	G2
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Another boon My sire the king	H2
Beside myself hath children none	P
Oh grant that from his stock may spring	H2
A hundred boughs It shall be done	P
He shall be blest with many a son	P
Who his old palace shall rejoice	L
Each heart wish from thy goodness won	P
If I am still allowed a choice	L
I fain thy voice would ever hear	H
Reluctant am I still to part	D
The way seems short when thou art near	H
And Satyavan my heart's dear heart	D
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Of all the pleasures given on earth	I2
The company of the good is best	D
For weariness has never birth	I2
In such a commerce sweet and blest	D
The sun runs on its wonted course	L
The earth its plenteous treasure yields	L
All for their sake and by the force	L
Their prayer united ever wields	L
Oh let me let me ever dwell	C2
Amidst the good where'er it be	X
Whether in lowly hermit cell	C2
Or in some spot beyond the sea	X
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The favours man accords to men	P
Are never fruitless from them rise	L
A thousand acts beyond our ken	P
That float like incense to the skies	L
For benefits can ne'er efface	L
They multiply and widely spread	D
And honour follows on their trace	L
Sharp penances and vigils dread	D
Austerities and wasting fasts	L
Create an empire and the blest	D
Long as this spiritual empire lasts	L
Become the saviours of the rest	D
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O thou endowed with every grace	L
And every virtue thou whose soul	C2
Appears upon thy lovely face	L
May the great gods who all control	C2
Send thee their peace I too would give	J2
One favour more before I go	C2
Ask something for thyself and live	K2
Happy and dear to all below	C2
Till summoned to the bliss above	Y
Savitri ask and ask unblamed	D
She took the clue felt Death was Love	Y
For no exceptions now he named	D
	-
And boldly said Thou knowest Lord	D
The inmost hearts and thoughts of all	C2
There is no need to utter word	D
Upon thy mercy sole I call	C2
If speech be needful to obtain	P
Thy grace oh hear a wife forlorn	P
Let my Satyavan live again	P
And children unto us be born	P
Wise brave and valiant From thy stock	L2
A hundred families shall spring	H2
As lasting as the solid rock	L2
Each son of thine shall be a king	H2
	-
As thus he spoke he loosed the knot	D
The soul of Satyavan that bound	D
And promised further that their lot	D
In pleasant places should be found	D
Thenceforth and that they both should live	K2
Four centuries to which the name	M2
Of fair Savitri men would give	J2
And then he vanished in a flame	M2
Adieu great god She took the soul	C2
No bigger than the human thumb	O
And running swift soon reached her goal	C2
Where lay the body stark and dumb	O
	-
She lifted it with eager hands	L
And as before when he expired	D
She placed the head upon the bands	L
That bound her breast which hope new fired	D
And which alternate rose and fell	C2
Then placed his soul upon his heart	D
Whence like a bee it found its cell	C2
And lo he woke with sudden start	D
His breath came low at first then deep	N2
With an unquiet look he gazed	D
As one awaking from a sleep	N2
Wholly bewildered and amazed	D