Alankar(Decor) -182 Poem by Indira Renganathan

The ABBA is:

1 A very short poem.
2 A single strophe of 2,3 or 4 lines.
3 Rhymed. The poem contains mirror rhyme in which the first and last syllables of the poem rhyme, as do the two center syllables. Rhyme scheme a…..b b ……a This reflective rhyme can be extended further, a…..b….c c ….b…..a
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1 Kids on the road
Load-truck forbids

2 Dog howls at Neem
Seems a ghostly smog

3 Wind is still and calm
Storm is behind

4 Rain drops fall
Hit
Bit
Thralls grassy reign

5 Rat is watching
Steady
Ready
Catching clutching the cat