Alankar (Decor)- 159

The Peeking Crow (Dizain) This was originally a French form and initially would have been made up of eight syllable lines, but later ten syllable lines were also used. A few examples of this form in England did prefer Iambic Pentameter, but that's purely up to the poet. The rhyme scheme is: a. b. a. b. b. c. c. d. c. d. The Peeking Crow A crow used to come for the window grains For some reason unknown it stopped coming One day I saw a cat eating the grains I could guess that it was the cat playing Cat-eaten grains- perhaps crow avoiding So the same crow when I saw on a tree I rushed and kept the grain-bowl down the tree But the peeking crow flew to the old place Finding no grain-bowl there flew back to tree Threw a wry look at me- zoomed into space