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Toru Dutt

Sindhu. Part I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Part I	A
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Deep in the forest shades there dwelt	B
A Muni and his wife	C
Blind gray haired weak they hourly felt	B
Their slender hold on life	C
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No friends had they no help or stay	D
Except an only boy	E
A bright eyed child his laughter gay	D
Their leaf hut filled with joy	E
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Attentive duteous loving kind	F
Thoughtful sedate and calm	G
He waited on his parents blind	F
Whose days were like a psalm	H
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He roamed the woods for luscious fruits	I
He brought them water pure	J
He cooked their simple mess of roots	I
Content to live obscure	J
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To fretful questions answers mild	K
He meekly ever gave	L
If they reproved he only smiled	K
He loved to be their slave	L
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Not that to him they were austere	M
But age is peevish still	N
Dear to their hearts he was so dear	M
That none his place might fill	N
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They called him Sindhu and his name	O
Was ever on their tongue	P
And he nor cared for wealth nor fame	O
Who dwelt his own among	P
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A belt of Bela trees hemmed round	Q
The cottage small and rude	R
If peace on earth was ever found	Q
'Twas in that solitude	R
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Part II	A
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Great Dasarath the King of Oude	R
Whom all men love and fear	M
With elephants and horses proud	R
Went forth to hunt the deer	M
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Oh gallant was the long array	D
Pennons and plumes were seen	S
And swords that mirrored back the day	D
And spears and axes keen	S
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Rang trump and conch and piercing fife	C
Woke Echo from her bed	R
The solemn woods with sounds were rife	C
As on the pageant sped	R
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Hundreds nay thousands on they went	R
The wild beasts fled away	D
Deer ran in herds and wild boars spent	R
Became an easy prey	D
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Whirring the peacocks from the brake	T
With Argus wings arose	U
Wild swans abandoned pool and lake	T
For climes beyond the snows	U
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From tree to tree the monkeys sprung	P
Unharmed and unpursued	R
As louder still the trumpets rung	P
And startled all the wood	R
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The porcupines and such small game	O
Unnoted fled at will	N
The weasel only caught to tame	O
From fissures in the hill	N
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Slunk light the tiger from the bank	V
But sudden turned to bay	D
When he beheld the serried rank	V
That barred his tangled way	D
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Uprooting fig trees on their path	W
And trampling shrubs and flowers	X
Wild elephants in fear and wrath	W
Burst through like moving towers	X
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Lowering their horns in crescents grim	Y
Whene'er they turned about	R
Retreated into coverts dim	Y
The bisons' fiercer rout	R
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And in this mimic game of war	Z
In bands dispersed and past	R
The royal train some near some far	A2
As day closed in at last	R
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Where was the king He left his friends	B2
At midday it was known	C2
And now that evening fast descends	B2
Where was he All alone	C2
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Curving the river formed a lake	T
Upon whose bank he stood	R
No noise the silence there to break	T
Or mar the solitude	R
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Upon the glassy surface fell	D2
The last beams of the day	D
Like fiery darts that lengthening swell	D2
As breezes wake and play	D
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Osiers and willows on the edge	E2
And purple buds and red	R
Leant down and 'mid the pale green sedge	E2
The lotus raised its head	R
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And softly softly hour by hour	F2
Light faded and a veil	G2
Fell over tree and wave and flower	F2
On came the twilight pale	G2
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Deeper and deeper grew the shades	H2
Stars glimmered in the sky	A
The nightingale along the glades	H2
Raised her preluding cry	A
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What is that momentary flash	I2
A gleam of silver scales	J2
Reveals the Mahseer then a splash	I2
And calm again prevails	J2
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As darkness settled like a pall	K2
The eye would pierce in vain	L2
The fireflies gemmed the bushes all	M2
Like fiery drops of rain	L2
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Pleased with the scene and knowing not	R
Which way alas to go	N2
The monarch lingered on the spot	R
The lake spread bright below	N2
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He lingered when oh hark oh hark	O2
What sound salutes his ear	P2
A roebuck drinking in the dark	O2
Not hunted nor in fear	M
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Straight to the stretch his bow he drew	Q2
That bow ne'er missed its aim	O
Whizzing the deadly arrow flew	Q2
Ear guided on the game	O
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Ah me What means this Hark a cry	A
A feeble human wail	G2
Oh God it said I die I die	A
Who'll carry home the pail	G2
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Startled the monarch forward ran	R2
And then there met his view	Q2
A sight to freeze in any man	R2
The warm blood coursing true	Q2
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A child lay dying on the grass	S2
A pitcher by his side	R
Poor Sindhu was the child alas	S2
His parents' stay and pride	R
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His bow and quiver down to fling	T2
And lift the wounded boy	E
A moment's work was with the king	T2
Not dead that was a joy	E
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He placed the child's head on his lap	U2
And ranged the blinding hair	V2
The blood welled fearful from the gap	U2
On neck and bosom fair	V2
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He dashed cold water on the face	W2
He chafed the hands with sighs	X2
Till sense revived and he could trace	W2
Expression in the eyes	X2
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Then mingled with his pity fear	M
In all this universe	Y2
What is so dreadful as to hear	P2
A Bramin's dying curse	Y2
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So thought the king and on his brow	Z2
The beads of anguish spread	R
And Sindhu fully conscious now	Z2
The anguish plainly read	R
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What dost thou fear O mighty king	T2
For sure a king thou art	R
Why should thy bosom anguish wring	T2
No crime was in thine heart	R
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Unwittingly the deed was done	A3
It is my destiny	B3
O fear not thou but pity one	A3
Whose fate is thus to die	A
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No curses no I bear no grudge	C3
Not thou my blood hast spilt	R
Lo here before the unseen Judge	C3
Thee I absolve from guilt	R
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The iron red hot as it burns	D3
Burns those that touch it too	Q2
Not such my nature for it spurns	D3
Thank God the like to do	Q2
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Because I suffer should I give	E3
Thee king a needless pain	L2
Ah no I die but mayst thou live	F3
And cleansed from every stain	L2
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Struck with these words and doubly grieved	R
At what his hands had done	A3
The monarch wept as weeps bereaved	R
A man his only son	A3
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Nay weep not so resumed the child	R
But rather let me say	D
My own sad story sin defiled	R
And why I die to day	R
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Picking a living in our sheaves	G3
And happy in their loves	H3
Near 'mid a peepul's quivering leaves	G3
There lived a pair of doves	H3
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Never were they two separate	R
And lo in idle mood	R
I took a sling and ball elate	R
In wicked sport and rude	R
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And killed one bird it was the male	G2
Oh cruel deed and base	W2
The female gave a plaintive wail	G2
And looked me in the face	W2
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The wail and sad reproachful look	I3
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In plain words seemed to say	R
A widowed life I cannot brook	I3
The forfeit thou must pay	R
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What was my darling's crime that thou	Z2
Him wantonly shouldst kill	N
The curse of blood is on thee now	Z2
Blood calls for red blood still	N
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And so I die a bloody death	J3
But not for this I mourn	K3
To feel the world pass with my breath	J3
I gladly could have borne	K3
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But for my parents who are blind	R
And have no other stay	R
This this weighs sore upon my mind	R
And fills me with dismay	R
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Upon the eleventh day of the moon	L3
They keep a rigorous fast	R
All yesterday they fasted soon	L3
For water and repast	R
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They shall upon me feebly call	M2
Ah must they call in vain	L2
Bear thou the pitcher friend 'tis all	M2
I ask down that steep lane	L2
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He pointed ceased then sudden died	R
The king took up the corpse	M3
And with the pitcher slowly hied	R
Attended by Remorse	N3
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Down the steep lane unto the hut	R
Girt round with Bela trees	O3
Gleamed far a light the door not shut	R
Was open to the breeze	O3
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Part III	A
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Oh why does not our child return	P3
Too long he surely stays	Q3
Thus to the Muni blind and stern	P3
His partner gently says	R3
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For fruits and water when he goes	U
He never stays so long	S3
Oh can it be beset by foes	U
He suffers cruel wrong	S3
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Some distance he has gone I fear	M
A more circuitous round	R
Yet why should he The fruits are near	M
The river near our bound	R
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I die of thirst it matters not	R
If Sindhu be but safe	T3
What if he leave us and this spot	R
Poor birds in cages chafe	T3
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Peevish and fretful oft we are	A2
Ah no that cannot be	B3
Of our blind eyes he is the star	A2
Without him what were we	B3
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Too much he loves us to forsake	T
But something ominous	U3
Here in my heart a dreadful ache	T
Says he is gone from us	U3
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Why do my bowels for him yearn	P3
What ill has crossed his path	W
Blind helpless whither shall we turn	P3
Or how avert the wrath	W
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Lord of my soul what means my pain	L2
This horrid terror like	V3
Some cloud that hides a hurricane	L2
Hang not O lightning strike	V3
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Thus while she spake the king drew near	M
With haggard look and wild	R
Weighed down with grief and pale with fear	M
Bearing the lifeless child	R
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Rustled the dry leaves neath his foot	R
And made an eerie sound	R
A neighbouring owl began to hoot	R
All else was still around	R
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At the first rustle of the leaves	G3
The Muni answered clear	M
Lo here he is oh wherefore grieves	G3
Thy soul my partner dear	M
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The words distinct the monarch heard	R
He could no further go	N2
His nature to its depths was stirred	R
He stopped in speechless woe	N2
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No steps advanced the sudden pause	W3
Attention quickly drew	Q2
Rolled sightless orbs to learn the cause	X3
But hark the steps renew	Q2
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Where art thou darling why so long	S3
Hast thou delayed to night	R
We die of thirst we are not strong	S3
This fasting kills outright	R
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Speak to us dear one only speak	Y3
And calm our idle fears	Z3
Where hast thou been and what to seek	Y3
Have pity on these tears	A4
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With head bent low the monarch heard	R
Then came a cruel throb	B4
That tore his heart still not a word	R
Only a stifled sob	B4
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It is not Sindhu who art thou	Z2
And where is Sindhu gone	C4
There's blood upon thy hands avow	Z2
There is Speak on speak on	D4
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The dead child in their arms he placed	R
And briefly told his tale	G2
The parents their dead child embraced	R
And kissed his forehead pale	G2
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Our hearts are broken Come dear wife	C
On earth no more we dwell	D2
Now welcome Death and farewell Life	C
And thou O king farewell	D2
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We do not curse thee God forbid	R
But to my inner eye	A
The future is no longer hid	R
Thou too shalt like us die	A
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Die for a son's untimely loss	E4
Die with a broken heart	R
Now help us to our bed of moss	E4
And let us both depart	R
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Upon the moss he laid them down	F4
And watched beside the bed	R
Death gently came and placed a crown	F4
Upon each reverend head	R
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Where the Sarayu's waves dash free	B3
Against a rocky bank	V
The monarch had the corpses three	B3
Conveyed by men of rank	V
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There honoured he with royal pomp	G4
Their funeral obsequies	E4
Incense and sandal drum and tromp	G4
And solemn sacrifice	E4
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What is the sequel of the tale	G2
How died the king Oh man	R2
A prophet's words can never fail	G2
Go read the Ramayan	R2