Analysis of The Saffron
Mirabai 1498 (Kudki, Pali district, Jodhpur State) – 1556 (Dwaraka)
The saffron of virtue and contentment
Is dissolved in the water-gun of love and affection.
Pink and red clouds of emotion are flying about,
Limitless colours raining down.
All the covers of the earthen vessel of my body are wide open;
I have thrown away all shame before the world.
Mira's Lord is the Mountain-Holder, the suave lover.
I sacrifice myself in devotion to His lotus feet.
| Scheme | ABCDBEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101100010 10100101110010 1011101011001 1001101 101010101011101110 11101110101 111010100110 1101001011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 394 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 307 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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