Alankar(Decor)-26 Poem by Indira Renganathan

It's Thou Pride (Rondine)
(Based on a mango-contest between
the Lords Ganesh and Muruga
as per hindu mythology)
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The Rondine is:
a poem in 12 lines made up of a quatrain, a tercet and ending in a quintet.

syllabic 8 syllables per line except L7 and L12 which are 4 syllbles each.
In English metered, most often iambic tetrameter
or pentameter except the refrain which is iambic dimeter.
composed with a refrain repeated from the opening phrase of the poem, rentrement.
rhymed, using only 2 rhymes except for the refrain being unrhymed,
rhyme scheme abba, abR, abbaR (R being the refrain)

It's Thou Pride

It is thou pride, gyre gyre my lord
Winning the game not so easy
Going around worlds too queasy
Yet flinch not, gyre gyre o'my lord

There thy peacock, just get on board
Finish quick thy rounds so easy
It is thou pride

Much unthought but Ganesh first scored
His parents His world, rounds easy
Lost Muruga felt uneasy
Shiva cheered, 'Ganesh! thee the Lord!
It's thou pride! ! '