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Kālidāsa · कालिदासः
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Nine verses, read closely
Three verses each from Kālidāsa's three great poems — opening lines and a few of the verses that follow. These have been memorised, imitated and argued over for fifteen hundred years, and you now have every tool you need to take them apart yourself.
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The whole thing, in English
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What the poet is doing
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