Analysis of Chain Of Pearls
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
Mother, I shall weave a chain of pearls for thy neck
with my tears of sorrow.
The stars have wrought their anklets of light to deck thy feet,
but mine will hang upon thy breast.
Wealth and fame come from thee
and it is for thee to give or to withhold them.
But this my sorrow is absolutely mine own,
and when I bring it to thee as my offering
thou rewardest me with thy grace.
| Scheme | XX XX XXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101110111111 111110 0111110111111 11110111 101111 011111111011 11110101011 011111111100 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 384 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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