Analysis of O Fool
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
O Fool, try to carry thyself upon thy own shoulders!
O beggar, to come beg at thy own door!
Leave all thy burdens on his hands who can bear all,
and never look behind in regret.
Thy desire at once puts out the light from the lamp it touches with its breath.
It is unholy---take not thy gifts through its unclean hands.
Accept only what is offered by sacred love.
| Scheme | XX XX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111101011110 1101111111 111101111111 010101001 1010111101101110111 11010111111011 011011101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 370 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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