Sita In The Asoka Garden Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II JB II KK LL MM NN OO PP LL L II QQ RR EE OO EP LL I

Crossed the ocean's boundless waters Hanuman in duty braveA
Lighted on the emerald island girded by the sapphire waveA
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And in tireless quest of Sita searched the margin of the seaB
In a dark Asoka garden hid himself within a treeB
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Creepers threw their clasping tendrils round the trees of ample heightC
Stately palm and feathered cocoa fruit and blossom pleased the sightC
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Herds of tame and gentle creatures in the grassy meadow strayedD
Kokils sang in leafy thicket birds of plumage lit the shadeD
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Limpid lakes of scented lotus with their fragrance filled the airE
Homes and huts of rustic beauty peeped through bushes green and fairE
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Blossoms rich in tint and fragrance in the checkered shadow gleamedF
Clustering fruits of golden beauty in the yellow sunlight beamedF
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Brightly shone the red Asoka with the morning's golden rayG
Karnikara and Kinsuka dazzling as the light of dayG
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Brightly grew the flower of Champak in the vale and on the reefH
Punnaga and Saptaparna with its seven fold scented leafH
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Rich in blossoms many tinted grateful to the ravished eyeI
Gay and green and glorious Kanka was like garden of the skyI
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Rich in fruit and laden creeper and in beauteous bush and trepJ
Flower bespangled golden Lanka was like gem bespangled seaB
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Rose a palace in the woodlands girt by pillars strong and highI
Snowy white like fair Kailasa cleaving through the azure skyI
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And its steps were ocean coral and its pavement yellow goldK
White and gay and heaven aspiring rose the structure high and boldK
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By the rich and royal mansion Hanuman his eyes did restL
On a woman sad and sorrowing in her sylvan garments drestL
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Like the moon obscured and clouded dim with shadows deep and darkM
Like the smoke enshrouded red fire dying with a feeble sparkM
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Like the tempest pelted lotus by the wind and torrent shakenN
Like the beauteous star Rohini by a graha overtakenN
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Fasts and vigils paled her beauty tears bedimmed her tender graceO
Anguish dwelt within her bosom sorrow darkened on her faceO
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And she lived by Rakshas guarded as a faint and timid deerP
Severed from her herd and kindred when the prowling wolves are nearP
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And her raven locks ungathered hung behind in single braidL
And her gentle eye was lightless and her brow was hid in shadeL
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'This is she the peerless princess Rama's consort loved and lostL
This is she the saintly Sita by a cruel fortune crost '-
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Hanuman thus thought and pondered 'On her graceful form I spyI
Gems and gold by sorrowing Rama oft depicted with it sighI
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On her ears the golden pendants and the tiger's sharpened toothQ
On her arms the jewelled bracelets tokens of unchanging truthQ
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On her pallid brow and bosom still the radiant jewels shineR
Rama with a sweet affection did in early days entwineR
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Hermit's garments clothe her person braided is her raven hairE
Matted bark of trees of forest drape her neck and bosom fairE
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And a dower of dazzling beauty still bedecks her peerless faceO
Though the shadowing tinge of sorrow darkens all her earlier graceO
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This is she the soft eyed Sita wept with unavailing tearE
This is she the faithful consort unto Rama ever dearP
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Unforgetting and unchanging truthful still in deed and wordL
Sita in her silent suffering sorrows for her absent lordL
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Still for Rama lost but cherished Sita heaves the choking sighI
Sita lives for righteous Rama for her Rama she would die '-

Valmiki



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