Rise and fall
RISE AND FALL
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When thoughts spring up,
The wind freshens, and like waves
A thousand worlds arise.
But when the wind falls,
The trader sinks with his ship.
On the boundless ocean of my being
He founders,
And all the worlds with him.
But 0 how wonderful!
I am the unbounded deep
In whom all living things
Naturally arise,
Rush against each other playfully,
And then subside.
~~~~Jawahar Gupta ~~~~~
Th e poem is based on the Conversation of Sage Ashtavakar
And the Great Emperor ,,King Janaka,
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Submitted on May 10, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | X XXA XX BXX X XXAXX X XB |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 490 |
Words | 88 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 2, 3, 1, 5, 1, 2 |
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