The Counsel Of Tara Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FG HH II JK DD LL MM GG BN OO PP QQ RR SS TT RR UU VS D| Linked in bonds of faithful friendship Rama and Sugriva came | A |
| Where in royal town Kishkindha Bali ruled with warlike fame | A |
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| And a shout like troubled ocean's or like tempest's deafening roar | B |
| Spake Sugriva's mighty challenge to the victor king once more | B |
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| Bali knew that proud defiance shaking sky and solid ground | C |
| And like sun by eclipse shaded dark and pale he looked around | C |
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| And his teeth were set in anger and a passion lit his eye | D |
| As a tempest stirs a torrent when its lilies scattered lie | D |
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| And he rose in wrath terrific with a thought of vengeance dread | E |
| And the firm earth shook and trembled 'neath his proud and haughty tread | E |
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| But the true and tender Tara held her husband and her lord | F |
| And a woman's deeper wisdom spake in woman's loving word | G |
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| Wherefore like a rain fed torrent swells thy passion in its sway | H |
| Thoughts of wrath like withered blossoms from thy bosom cast away | H |
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| Wait till dawns another morning wait till thou dost truly know | I |
| With what strength and added forces comes again thy humbled foe | I |
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| Crushed in combat faint Sugriva fled in terror and in pain | J |
| Trust me not without a helper comes he to the fight again | K |
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| Trust me lord that loud defiance is no coward's falt'ring cry | D |
| Conscious strength not hesitation speaks in voice so proud and high | D |
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| Much my woman's heart misgives me not without a mighty aid | L |
| Not without a daring comrade comes Sugriva to this raid | L |
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| Not with feeble friend Sugriva seeks alliance in his need | M |
| Nor invokes a powerless chieftain in his lust and in his greed | M |
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| Mighty is his royal comrade listen husband to my word | G |
| What my son in forest confines from his messengers hath heard | G |
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| Princes from Ayodhya's country peerless in the art of war | B |
| Rama and the valiant Lakshman in these forests wander far | N |
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| Much I fear these matchless warriors have their aid and counsel lent | O |
| Conscious of his strength Sugriva bath this proud defiance sent | O |
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| To his foes resistless Rama is a lightning from above | P |
| To his friends a tree of shelter soul of tenderness and love | P |
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| Dearer than his love of glory is his love to heal and bless | Q |
| Dearer than the crown and empire is his hermit's holy dress | Q |
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| Not with such my lord and husband seek a vain unrighteous strife | R |
| For like precious ores in mountains virtues dwell in Rama's life | R |
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| Make Sugriva thy companion make him Regent and thy Heir | S |
| Discord with a younger brother rends an empire broad and fair | S |
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| Make thy peace with young Sugriva nearest and thy dearest kin | T |
| Brother's love is truest safety brother's hate is deadliest sin | T |
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| Trust me monarch of Kishkindha trust thy true and faithful wife | R |
| Thou shalt find no truer comrade than Sugriva in thy life | R |
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| Wage not then a war fraternal smite him not in sinful pride | U |
| As a brother and a warrior let him stand by Bali's side | U |
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| Listen to thy Tara's counsel if to thee is Tara dear | V |
| If thy wife is true in duty scorn not Tara's wifely tear | S |
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| Not with Rama prince of virtue wage a combat dread and high | D |
| Not with Rama prince of valour peerless like the Lord of sky ' | - |
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