Ravan's Coming Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CD AA EE FF AA GG AA HH GG II GG AA JK LL MM II NN OO PP AA QQ RR MM AA GG AA SS TT| Ravan watched the happy moment burning with a vengeful spite | A |
| Came to sad and sorrowing Sita in the guise of anchorite | A |
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| Tufted hair and russet garment sandals on his feet he wore | B |
| And depending from his shoulders on a staff his vessel bore | B |
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| And he came to lonely Sita for each warlike chief was gone | C |
| As the darkness comes to evening lightless from the parted Sun | D |
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| And he cast his eyes on Sita as a graha casts its shade | A |
| On the beauteous star Rohini when the bright Moon's glories fade | A |
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| Quaking Nature knew the moment silent stood the forest trees | E |
| Conscious of a deed of darkness fell the fragrant forest breeze | E |
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| Godavari's troubled waters trembled' neath his lurid glance | F |
| And his red eve's fiery lustre sparkled in the wavelets' dance | F |
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| Mute and still were forest creatures when in guise of anchorite | A |
| Unto Sita's lonely cottage pressed the Raksha in his might | A |
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| Mute and voiceless was the jungle as he cast on her his eye | G |
| As across the star of Chitra planet Sani walks the sky | G |
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| Ravan stood in hermit's vestments vengeful purpose unrevealed | A |
| As a deep and darksome cavern is by grass and leaf concealed | A |
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| Ravan stood sedate and silent and he gazed on Rama's queen | H |
| Ivory brow and lip of coral sparkling teeth of pearly sheen | H |
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| Lighting up the lonely cottage Sita sat in radiance high | G |
| As the Moon with streaks of silver fills the lonely midnight sky | G |
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| Lighting up the gloomy woodlands with her eyes serenely fair | I |
| With her bark clad shape of beauty mantled by her raven hair | I |
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| Ravan fired by impure passion fixed on her his lustful eye | G |
| And the light that lit his glances gave his holy texts the lie | G |
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| Ravan in his flattering accents with a soft and soothing art | A |
| Praised the woman's peerless beauty to subdue the woman's heart | A |
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| 'Beaming in thy golden beauty robed in sylvan russet drew | J |
| Wearing wreath of fragrant lotus like a nymph of wilderness | K |
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| Art thou Sri or radiant Gauri maid of Fortune or of Fame | L |
| Nymph of Love or sweet Fruition what may be thy sacred name | L |
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| On thy lips of ruddy coral teeth of tender jasmine shine | M |
| In thy eyes of limpid lustre dwclls a light of love divine | M |
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| Tall and slender softly rounded are thy limbs of beauty rare | I |
| Like the swelling fruit of tala leaves thy bosom sweetly fair | I |
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| Smiling lips that tempt and ravish lustre that thy dark eyes beam | N |
| Crush my heart as rolling waters crush the margin of the stream | N |
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| And thy wealth of waving tresses mantles o'er thy budding charms | O |
| And thy waist of slender beauty courts a lover's circling arms | O |
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| Goddess or Gandharva maiden wears no brighter form or face | P |
| Woman seen by eyes of mortals owns not such transcendent grace | P |
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| Wherefore then in lonesome forest nymph or maiden make thy stay | A |
| Where the jungle creatures wander and the Rakshas hold their sway | A |
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| Royal balls and stately mansions were for thee a meeter home | Q |
| And thy steps should grace a palace not in pathless forest roam | Q |
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| Blossoms rich not thorn of jungle decorate a lady's bower | R |
| Silken robes not sylvan garments heighten Beauty's potent power | R |
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| Lady of the sylvan forest other destiny is thine | M |
| As a bride beloved and courted in thy bridal garments shine | M |
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| Choose a loved and lordly suitor who shall wait on thee in pride | A |
| Choose a hero worth thy beauty be a monarch's queenly bride | A |
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| Speak thy lineage heaven descended who may be thy parents high | G |
| Rudras or the radiant Maruts Vassus leaders of the sky | G |
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| All unworthy is this forest for a nymph or heavenly maid | A |
| Beast's of prey infest the jungle Rakshas haunt its gloomy shade | A |
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| Lions dwell in lovely caverns tuskers ford the silent lake | S |
| Monkeys sport on pendant branches tigers steal beneath the brake | S |
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| Wherefore then this dismal forest doth thy fairy face adorn | T |
| Who art thou and whence descended nymph or maid or goddess born | T |
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