The Fall Of Bali Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FG H IJ KJ LL EM DD NN O P AA QQ RR SS TT RR UU VV DD WW XO YZ A2R| Star eyed Tara softly counselled pressing to her consort's side | A |
| Mighty Bali proudly answered with a warrior's lofty pride | A |
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| 'Challenge of a humbled foeman and a younger's haugty scorn | B |
| May not shall not tender Tara by a king be meekly borne | B |
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| Bali turns not from encounter even with his dying breath | C |
| Insult from a foe unanswered is a deeper stain than death | C |
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| And Sugriva's quest for combat Bali never shall deny | D |
| Though sustained by Rama's forces and by Rama's prowess high | D |
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| Free me from thy sweet embraces and amidst thy maids retire | E |
| Woman's love and soft devotion woman's timid thoughts inspire | E |
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| Fear not Tara blood of brother Bali's honour shall not stain | F |
| I will quell his proud presumption chase him from this realm again | G |
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| Free me from thy loving dalliance midst thy damsels seek thy place | H |
| Till I come a happy victor to my Tara's fond embrace ' | - |
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| Slow and sad with sweet obeisance Tara stopped around her lord | I |
| Welling tear drops choked her accents as she prayed in stifled word | J |
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| Slow and sad with swelling bosom Tara with her maids retired | K |
| Bali issued proud and stately with the thought of vengeance fired | J |
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| Hissing like an angry cobra city's lofty gates he past | L |
| And his proud and angry glances fiercely all around he cast | L |
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| Till he saw the bold Sugriva gold complexioned red with ire | E |
| Girded for the dubious combat flaming like the forest fire | M |
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| Bali braced his warlike garments and his hand he lifted high | D |
| Bold Sugriva raised his right arm with a proud and answering cry | D |
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| Bali's eyes were red as copper and his chain was burnished gold | N |
| To his brother bold Sugriva thus he spake in accents bold | N |
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| 'Mark this iron fist intruder fatal is its vengeful blow | O |
| Crushed and smitten thou shalt perish and to nether world shalt go ' | - |
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| 'Nay that fate awaits thee Bali ' spake Sugriva armed for strife | P |
| 'When this right arm smites thy forehead from thy bosom rends thy life ' | - |
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| Closed the chiefs in fatal combat each resistless in his pride | A |
| And like running rills from mountains poured their limbs the purple tide | A |
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| Till Sugriva quick uprooting Sal tree from the jungle wood | Q |
| As the dark cloud hurls the lightning hurled it where his brother stood | Q |
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| Staggering 'neath the blow terrific Bali reeled and almost fell | R |
| As a proud ship overladen reels upon the ocean's swell | R |
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| But with fiercer rage and fury Bali in his anguish rose | S |
| And with mutual blows they battled brothers and relentless foes | S |
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| Like the sun and moon in conflict or like eagles in their fight | T |
| Still they fought with cherished hatred and an unforgotten spite | T |
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| Till with mightier force and fury Bali did his younger quell | R |
| Faint Sugriva fiercely struggling 'neath his brother's prowess fell | R |
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| Still the wrathful rivals wrestled with their bleeding arms and knees | U |
| With their nails like claws of tigers and with riven rocks and trees | U |
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| And as INDRA battles Vritra in the tempest's pealing roar | V |
| Blood stained Bali red Sugriva strove and struggled fought and tore | V |
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| Till Sugriva faint and falt'ring fell like Vritra from the sky | D |
| To his comrade and his helper turned his faint and pleading eye | D |
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| Ah those soft and pleading glances smote the gentle Rama's heart | W |
| On his bow of ample stature Rama raised the fatal dart | W |
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| Like the fatal disc of YAMA was his proudly circled bow | X |
| Like a snake of deadly poison flew his arrow swift and low | O |
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| Wing d dwellers of the forest heard the twang with trembling few | Y |
| Echoing woods gave back the accent lightly fled the startled deer | Z |
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| And as INDRA'S flag is lowered when the Aswin winds prevail | A2 |
| Lofty Bali pierced and bleeding by that fatal arrow fell | R |
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