Ravan's Lament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB AA AA CC DD EE FF BG FF B AA DD A AA AA AA DD AA AA HI JJ A AA| 'Quenched the light of Rakshas' valour ' so the message bearer said | A |
| 'Lakshman with the deep Bibhishan hath thy son in battle slayed | A |
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| Fallen is our prince and hero and his day on earth is done | B |
| In a brighter world O monarch lives thy brave thy gallant son | B |
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| Anguish filled the father's bosom and his fleeting senses failed | A |
| Till to deeper sorrow wakened Lanka's monarch wept and wailed | A |
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| 'Greatest of my gallant warriors dearest to thy father's heart | A |
| Victor over bright Immortals art thou slain by Lakshman's dart | A |
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| Noble prince whose peerless arrows could the peaks of Mandar stain | C |
| And could daunt the Dread Destroyer art thou by a mortal slain | C |
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| But thy valour lends a radiance to elysium's sunny clime | D |
| And thy bright name adds a lustre to the glorious rolls of time | D |
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| In the skies the bright Immortals lisp thy name with terror pale | E |
| On the earth our maids and matrons mourn thy fall with piercing wail | E |
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| Hark the voice of lamentation waking in the palace halls | F |
| Like the voice of woe in forests when the forest monarch falls | F |
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| Hark the wailing widowed princess mother weeping for her son | B |
| Leaving them in tears and anguish Indrajit where art thou gone | G |
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| Full of years so oft I pondered when the monarch Ravan dics | F |
| Indrajit shall watch his bedside Indrajit shall close his eyes | F |
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| But the course of nature changes and the father weeps the son | B |
| Youth is fallen and the aged lives to fight the foe alone ' | - |
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| Tears of sorrow slow and silent fell upon the monarch's breast | A |
| Then a swelling rage and passion woke within his heaving chest | A |
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| Like the sun of scorching summer glowed his face in wrathful shame | D |
| From his brow and rolling eyeballs issued sparks of living flame | D |
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| 'Perish she ' exclaimed the monarch 'she wolf Sita dies to day | A |
| Indrajit but cleft her image Ravan will the woman slay ' | - |
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| Followed by his trembling courtiers regal robes and garments rent | A |
| Ravan shaking in his passion to Asoka's garden went | A |
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| Maddened by his wrath and anguish with his drawn and flaming sword | A |
| Sought the shades where soft eyed Sita silent sorrowed for her lord | A |
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| Woman's blood the royal sabre on that fatal day had stained | A |
| But his true and faithful courtiers Ravan's wrathful hand restrained | A |
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| And the watchful Raksha females girdled round the sorrowing dame | D |
| Flung them on the path of Ravan to withstand a deed of shame | D |
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| 'Not against a woman Ravan mighty warriors raise their hand | A |
| In the battle ' spake the courtiers 'duty bids thee use thy brand | A |
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| Versed in Vedas and in learning court not thus a caitiff's fate | A |
| Woman's blood pollutes our valour closes heaven's eternal gate | A |
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| Leave the woman in her sorrow mount upon thy battle car | H |
| Faithful to our king and leader we will wake the voice of war | I |
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| 'Tis the fourteenth day auspicious of the dark and waning moon | J |
| Glory waiteth thee in battle and thy vengeance cometh soon | J |
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| All resistless in the contest slay thy foeman in his pride | A |
| Seek as victor of the combat widowed Sita as thy bride ' | - |
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| Slow and sullen dark and silent Ravan then his wrath restrained | A |
| Vengeance on his son's destroyer deep within his bosom reigned | A |
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