Analysis of The Gardener XXII: When She Passed by Me
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
When she passed by me with quick
steps, the end of her skirt touched
me.
From the unknown island of a
heart came a sudden warm breath of
spring.
A flutter of a flitting touch brushed
me and vanished in a moment, like a
torn flower petal blown in the breeze.
It fell upon my heart like a sigh of
her body and whisper of her heart.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGDHEI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111 1011011 1 10011010 11010111 1 010101011 1010001010 110101001 1101111011 010010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 341 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 257 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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