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Another Pantoum
A chapter in the book Pantoum Collection
The Elephant Ride
by tfawcus
The elephant sways side to side To seek solace from her despair At what dire cost our tourist ride How dastardly her journey here To seek solace from her despair She treads the path that crushed her dreams How dastardly her journey here This tourist ride her life demeans She treads the path that crushed her dreams Ganesh the god must shed a tear This tourist ride her life demeans Her wistful eye so full of fear Ganesh the god must shed a tear At what dire cost our tourist ride Her wistful eye so full of fear The elephant sways side to side |
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Ganesh - the elephant god
Howdah - the carriage on the back of the elephant in which tourists ride (Howdahstardly!)
The elephant crush - a method by which wild elephants are tamed using restriction in a cage
A pantoum has repeating lines throughout. The 2nd and 4th lines of each stanza are repeated as the 1st and 3rd lines of the next. Additionally, to complete the circularity, the 3rd and 1st lines of the poem become, respectively, the 2nd and 4th lines of the last stanza.
Pays
one point
and 2 member cents. Ganesh - the elephant god
Howdah - the carriage on the back of the elephant in which tourists ride (Howdahstardly!)
The elephant crush - a method by which wild elephants are tamed using restriction in a cage
A pantoum has repeating lines throughout. The 2nd and 4th lines of each stanza are repeated as the 1st and 3rd lines of the next. Additionally, to complete the circularity, the 3rd and 1st lines of the poem become, respectively, the 2nd and 4th lines of the last stanza.
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