Rama's Departure Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA AA BB AA C DD EF GG H AA II JJ AA AA JJ KK AA GG JJ AA CC LL DD GG GG MN KK| Vainly fought the vengeful Khara doughty Dushan vainly bled | A |
| Rama and the valiant Lakshman strewed the forest with the dead | A |
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| Till the humbled Surpa nakha to her royal brother hied | A |
| Spake her sorrows unto Ravan and Maricha true and tried | A |
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| Shape of deer unmatched in beauty now the deep Maricha wore | B |
| Golden tints upon his haunches sapphire on his antlers bore | B |
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| Till the woodland wand'ring Sita marked the creature in his pride | A |
| Golden was his neck of beauty silver white his flank and side | A |
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| 'Come my lord and gallant Lakshman ' thus the raptur'd Sita spake | C |
| 'Mark the deer of wondrous radiance browsing by the forest brake ' | - |
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| 'Much my heart misgives me sister ' Lakshman hesitated still | D |
| 'Tis some deep deceitful Raksha wearing every shape at will | D |
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| Monarchs wand'ring in this forest hunting in this lonely glen | E |
| Oft waylaid by artful Rakshas are by deep devices slain | F |
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| Bright as day god or Gandharva woodland scenes they love to stray | G |
| Till they fall upon the heedless quick to slaughter and to slay | G |
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| Trust me not in jewelled lustre forest creatures haunt the green | H |
| 'Tis some maya and illusion trust not what thy eyes have seen ' | - |
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| Vainly spake the watchful Lakshman in the arts of Rakshas skilled | A |
| For with forceful fascination Sita's inmost heart was thrilled | A |
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| 'Husband good and ever gracious ' sweetly thus implored the wife | I |
| 'I would tend this thing of beauty sharer of my forest life | I |
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| I have witnessed in this jungle graceful creatures passing fair | J |
| Chowri and the gentle roebuck antelope of beauty rare | J |
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| I have seen the lithesome monkey sporting in the branches' shade | A |
| Grizzly bear that feeds on Mahva and the deer that crops the blade | A |
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| I have marked the stately wild bull dash into the deepest wood | A |
| And the Kinnar strange and wondrous as in sylvan wilds he stood | A |
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| But these eyes have never rested on a form so wondrous fair | J |
| On a shape so full of beauty decked with tints so rich and rare | J |
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| Bright his bosom gem bespangled soft the lustre of his eye | K |
| Lighting up the gloomy jungle as the Moon lights up the sky | K |
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| And his gentle voice and glances and his graceful steps and light | A |
| Fill my heart with eager longing and my soul with soft delight | A |
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| If alive that beauteous object thou caust capture in thy way | G |
| As thy Sita's sweet companion in these woodlands he will stay | G |
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| And when done our days of exile to Ayodhya will repair | J |
| Dwell in Sita's palace chamber nursed by Sita's tender care | J |
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| And our royal brother Bharat oft will praise his strength and speed | A |
| And the queens and royal mothers pause the gentle thing to feed | A |
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| If alive this wary creature be it husband hard to take | C |
| Slay him and his skin of lustre cherish for thy Sita's sake | C |
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| I will as a golden carpet spread the skin upon the grass | L |
| Sweet memento of this forest when our forest days will pass | L |
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| Pardon if an eager longing which befits a woman ill | D |
| And an unknown fascination doth my in most bosom fill | D |
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| As I mark his skin bespangled and his antlers' sapphire ray | G |
| And his coat of starry radiance glowing in the light of day | G |
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| Rama bade the faithful Lakshman with the gentle Sita stay | G |
| Long through woods and gloomy gorges vainly held his cautious way | G |
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| Vainly set the snare in silence by the lake and in the dale | M |
| 'Scaping every trap Maricha pierced by Rama's arrows fell | N |
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| Imitating Rama's accents uttered forth his dying cry | K |
| 'Speed my faithful brother Lakshman helpless in the woods I die | K |
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