Analysis of Stray Birds 61 - 70
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
TAKE my wine in my own cup, friend.
It loses its wreath of foam
when poured into that of others.
THE Perfect decks itself in beauty
for the love of the Imperfect.
GOD says to man,
'I heal you therefore I hurt,
love you therefore punish.'
THANK the flame for its light,
but do not forget the lampholder
standing in the shade with constancy of patience.
TINY grass,
your steps are small,
but you possess the earth under your tread.
THE infant flower opens its bud and cries,
'Dear World, please do not fade.'
GOD grows weary of great kingdoms,
but never of little flowers.
WRONG cannot afford defeat
but Right can.
'I GIVE my whole water in joy,
' sings the waterfall,
'though little of it is enough for the thirsty.'
WHERE is the fountain
that throws up these flowers
in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?
Scheme | XXA BX CXX XXX XDX XX XA XC XDB XAB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101111 1101111 11011110 001101010 10110010 1111 111111 11110 101111 1110101 100011100110 101 1111 1101011011 01010101101 111111 11101110 11011010 1100101 111 11111001 1010 110111011010 11010 111110 001011100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 824 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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