Analysis of Signet of Eternity
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
The day was when I did not keep myself in readiness for thee;
and entering my heart unbidden even as one of the common crowd,
unknown to me, my king, thou didst press the signet of eternity upon
many a fleeting moment of my life.
And today when by chance I light upon them and see thy signature,
I find they have lain scattered in the dust mixed with the memory of
joys and sorrows of my trivial days forgotten.
Thou didst not turn in contempt from my childish play among dust,
and the steps that I heard in my playroom
are the same that are echoing from star to star.
Scheme | XXXX XXX XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111111010011 0100111101110101 0111111110101010001 1001010111 00111111011011100 11111100011101001 1010111001010 111100111101011 001111011 101111001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 577 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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