Lakshman's Departure Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CC DD E FF GG HH CC II J KL MM NN OO P CC QQ RS MM TT JJ HH F| 'Heardst that distant cry of danger ' questioned Sita in distress | A |
| 'Woe to me who in my frenzy sent my lord to wilderness | B |
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| Speed brave Lakshman help my Rama doleful was his distant cry | C |
| And my fainting bosom falters and a dimness clouds my eye | C |
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| To the dread and darksome forest with thy keenest arrows speed | D |
| Help thy elder and thy monarch sore his danger and his need | D |
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| For perchance the cruel Rakshas gather round his lonesome path | E |
| As the mighty bull is slaughtered by the lions in their wrath ' | - |
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| Spake the hero 'Fear not Sita Dwellers of the azure height | F |
| Rakshas nor the jungle rangers match the peerless Rama's might | F |
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| Rama knows no dread or danger and his mandate still I own | G |
| And I may not leave thee Lady in this cottage all alone | G |
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| Cast aside thy causeless terror in the sky or earth below | H |
| In the nether regions Rama knows no peer or equal foe | H |
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| He shall slay the deer of jungle he shall voice no dastard cry | C |
| 'Tis some trick of wily Rakshas in this forest dark and high | C |
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| Sita thou hast heard my elder bid me in this cottage stay | I |
| Lakshman may not leave thee Lady for this duty to obey | I |
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| Ruthless Rakshas roam the forest to revenge their leader slain | J |
| Various are their arts and accents chase thy thought of causeless pain ' | - |
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| Sparkled Sita's eye in anger frenzy marked her speech and word | K |
| For a woman's sense is clouded by the danger of her lord | L |
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| Markest thou my Rama's danger with a cold and callous heart | M |
| Courtest thou the death of elder in thy deep deceitful art | M |
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| In thy semblance of compassion dost thou hide a cruel craft | N |
| As in friendly guise the foeman hides his death compelling shaft | N |
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| Following like a faithful younger in this dread and lonesome land | O |
| Seekest thou the death of elder to enforce his widow's hand | O |
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| False thy hope as foul thy purpose Sita is a faithful wife | P |
| Sita follows saintly Rama true in death as true in life ' | - |
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| Quivered Lakshman's frame in anguish and the tear stood in his eye | C |
| Fixed in faith and pure in purpose calm and bold he made reply | C |
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| 'Unto me a Queen and Goddess as a mother to a son | Q |
| Answer to thy heedless censure patient Lakshman speaketh none | Q |
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| Daughter of Videha's monarch pardon if I do thee wrong | R |
| Fickle is the faith of woman poison dealing is her tongue | S |
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| And thy censure trust me Lady scathes me like a burning dart | M |
| Free from guile is Lakshman's purpose free from sin is Lakshman's heart | M |
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| Witness ye my truth of purpose unseen dwellers of the wood | T |
| Witness I for Sita's safety by my elder's mandate stood | T |
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| Duteous to my queen and elder I have toiled and worked in vain | J |
| Dark suspicion and dishonour cast on me a needless stain | J |
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| Lady I obey thy mandate to my elder now I go | H |
| Guardian Spirits of the forest watch thee from each secret foe | H |
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| Omens dark and signs of danger meet my pained and aching sight | F |
| May I see thee by thy Rama guarded by his conquering might ' | - |
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