Ravan's Second Battle And Vengeance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC AA DD AA EE C FF GG HI JJ KK LL AA KK MM LL EE IH NO AA LL LL LL PP CC L LL LL| Voice of woe and lamentation and the cry of woman's wail | A |
| Issuing from the homes of Lanka did the monarch's ears awail | A |
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| And a mighty thought of vengeance waked within the monarch's heart | B |
| And he heaved a sigh of anguish as he grasped his bow and dart | B |
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| 'Arm each chief and gallant Raksha be our sacred duty done | C |
| Ravan seeks a fitting vengeance for his brave and noble son | C |
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| Mahodar and Virupaksha Mahaparshwa warrior tall | A |
| Arm this fated day will witness Lakshman's or your monarch's fall | A |
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| Call to mind each slaughtered hero Khara Dushan slain in fight | D |
| Kumbha kama giant warrior Indrajit of magic might | D |
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| Earth nor sky shall hide my foemen nor the ocean's heaving swell | A |
| Scattered ranks of Rama's forces shall my speedy vengeance tell | A |
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| Be the red earth strewn and covered with our countless foemen slain | E |
| Hungry wolves and blood beaked vultures feed upon the ghastly plain | E |
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| For his great and gallant brother for his brave and beauteous son | C |
| Ravan seeks a fitting vengeance Rakshas be your duty done ' | - |
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| House to house in Lanka's city Ravan's royal best was heard | F |
| Street and lane poured forth their warriors by a mighty passion stirred | F |
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| With the javelin and sabre mace and club and axe and pike | G |
| Sataghni and bhindipala quoit and discus quick to strike | G |
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| And they formed the line of tuskers and the line of battle car | H |
| Mule and camel fit for burden and the fiery steed of war | I |
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| Serried ranks of arm d soldiers shook the earth beneath their tread | J |
| Horsemen that on wings of lightning o'er the field of battle spread | J |
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| Drum and conch and sounding trumpet waked the echoes of the sky | K |
| Pataha and loud mridanga and the people's maddening cry | K |
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| Thundering through the gates of Lanka Ravan's lofty chariot passed | L |
| Destined by his fortune Ravan ne'er again those portals crost | L |
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| And the sun was dim and clouded and a sudden darkness fell | A |
| Birds gave forth their boding voices and the earth confessed a spell | A |
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| Gouts of blood in rain descended startled coursers turned to fly | K |
| Vultures swooped upon the banner jackals yelled their doleful cry | K |
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| Omens of a dark disaster mantled o'er the vale and rock | M |
| And the ocean heaved in billows nations felt the earthquake shock | M |
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| Darkly closed the fatal battle sturdy Vanars fell in fight | L |
| Warlike leaders of the Rakshas perished neath the foeman's might | L |
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| Mahodhar and Virupaksha were by bold Sugriva slain | E |
| Crushed by Angad Mahaparshwa slumbered lifeless on the plain | E |
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| But with more than mortal valour Ravan swept the ranks of war | I |
| Warriors fell beneath his prowess fled before his mighty car | H |
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| Cleaving through the Vanar forces filled with vengeance deep and dire | N |
| Ravan marked the gallant Lakshman flaming like a crimson fire | O |
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| Like the tempest cloud of summer Ravan's wing d courses flew | A |
| But Bibhishan in his prowess soon the gallant charges slew | A |
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| Dashina from his useless chariot Ravan leaped upon the ground | L |
| And his false and traitor brother by his dearest foeman found | L |
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| Wrathful Ravan marked Bibhishan battling by the foeman's side | L |
| And he hurled his pond'rous weapon for to slay him in his pride | L |
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| Lakshman marked the mighty jav'lin as it winged its whizzing flight | L |
| Cleft it in its onward passage saved Bibhishan by his might | L |
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| Grimly smiled the angry Ravan gloating in his vengeful wrath | P |
| Spake to young and dauntless Laksliman daring thus to cross his path | P |
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| Welcome Lakshman thee I battle for thy deed of darkness done | C |
| Face the anger of a father cruel slayer of the son | C |
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| By thy skill and by thy valour false Bibhishan thou hast saved | L |
| Save thyself Deep in this bosom is a cruel grief engraved ' | - |
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| Father's grief and sad remembrance urged the lightning wing d dart | L |
| Ravan's Sakti fell resistless on the senseless Lakshman's heart | L |
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| Wrathful Rama saw the combat and arose in godlike might | L |
| Carless steedless wounded Ravan sought his safety in his flight | L |
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