Analysis of The Gardener XL: An Unbelieving Smile
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
An unbelieving smile flits on your
eyes when I come to you to take my
leave.
I have done it so often that you
think I will soon return.
To tell you the truth I have the
same doubt in my mind.
For the spring days come again
time after time; the full moon takes
leave and comes on another visit,
the flowers come again and blush
upon their branches year after year,
and it is likely that I take my leave
only to come to you again.
But keep the illusion awhile; do
not send it away with ungentle
haste.
When I say I leave you for all
time, accept it as true, and let a
mist of tears for one moment deepen
the dark rim of your eyes.
Then smile as archly as you like
when I come again.
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Metre | 10101111 111111111 1 111111011 111101 11101110 11011 1011101 11010111 101101010 01010101 011101101 0111011111 10111101 110010011 1110111 1 11111111 101111010 111111010 011111 11110111 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 692 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 23 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 527 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 141 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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