Alankar(Decor) -102 Poem by Indira Renganathan

They Forecasted Rains(Envelope Quatrain)

Envelope Quatrain is a rhymed 4 line unit,
'the envelope' refers to the rhyme scheme abba. The bb is enveloped by the aa.
An envelope can also be axxa with x being unrhymed.


They Forecasted Rains

I saw the ants in haste running in rows
With eggs in their mouths to reach that highland
At once I rushed home which was in Midland
Forecasted was rains by those ants in rows