Analysis of The First Jasmines

Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)



Ah, these jasmines, these white jasmines!
    I seem to remember the first day when I filled my hands with
these jasmines, these white jasmines.
    I have loved the sunlight, the sky and the green earth;
    I have heard the liquid murmur of the river thorough the
darkness of midnight;
    Autumn sunsets have come to me at the bend of a road in the
lonely waste, like a bride raising her veil to accept her lover.
    Yet my memory is still sweet with the first white jasmines
that I held in my hands when I was a child.
    Many a glad day has come in my life, and I have laughed with
merrymakers on festival nights.
    On grey mornings of rain I have crooned many an idle song.
    I have worn round my neck the evening wreath of bakulas woven
by the hand of love.
    Yet my heart is sweet with the memory of the first fresh
jasmines that filled my hands when I was a child.


Scheme ABACDEDFAGBAHIJKG
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 111010011111111 11111 11101010011 111010101010100 1011 101111110110100 1011011001101010 1110011110111 11101111101 100111101101111 111001 111011111101101 11111101011110 10111 11111101001011 1111111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 873
Words 168
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 664
Words per stanza (avg) 166
Font size:
 

Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 07, 2023

50 sec read
249

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore FRAS was an Indian polymath—poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. more…

All Rabindranath Tagore poems | Rabindranath Tagore Books

5 fans

Discuss this Rabindranath Tagore poem analysis with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "The First Jasmines" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/29551/the-first-jasmines>.

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    April 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    2
    days
    2
    hours
    14
    minutes

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Browse Poetry.com

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    In poetry, the word "foot" refers to _______.
    A two or more syllables
    B a unit of 12 lines
    C a dozen poems
    D one stanza