Analysis of The Rainy Day
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
Sullen clouds are gathering fast over the black fringe of the
forest.
O child, do not go out!
The palm trees in a row by the lake are smiting their heads
against the dismal sky; the crows with their dragged wings are
silent on the tamarind branches, and the eastern bank of the river
is haunted by a deepening gloom.
Our cow is lowing loud, ties at the fence.
O child, wait here till I bring her into the stall.
Men have crowded into the flooded field to catch the fishes
as they escape from the overflowing ponds; the rain-water is
running in rills through the narrow lanes like a laughing boy who
has run away from his mother to tease her.
Listen, someone is shouting for the boatman at the ford.
O child, the daylight is dim, and the crossing at the ferry
is closed.
The sky seems to ride fast upon the madly rushing rain; the
water in the river is loud and impatient; women have hastened home
early from the Ganges with their filled pitchers.
The evening lamps must be made ready.
O child, do not go out!
The road to the market is desolate, the lane to the river is
slippery. The wind is roaring and struggling among the bamboo
branches like a wild beast tangled in a net.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101110011001110 10 111111 0110011011111 0101010111111 1010110001011010 110101001 10111011101 111111100101 111001010111010 110110100101101 100110101101011 11011110110 1011101010101 11011100101010 11 011111010101010 100010110010101101 10101011110 010111110 111111 01101011000110101 10001110010001001 10101110001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,205 |
Words | 225 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 927 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 223 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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