Analysis of We Are To Play The Game Of Death
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
WE are to play the game of death to-night, my bride and I.
The night is black, the clouds in the sky are capricious, and the waves are raving at sea.
We have left our bed of dreams, flung open the door and come out, my bride and I.
We sit upon a swing, and the storm winds give us a wild push from behind.
My bride starts up with fear and delight, she trembles and clings to my breast.
Long have I served her tenderly.
I made for her a bed of flowers and I closed the doors to shut out the rude light from her eyes.
I kissed her gently on her lips and whispered softly in her ears till she half swooned in languor.
She was lost in the endless mist of vague sweetness.
She answered not to my touch, my songs failed to arouse her.
To-night has come to us the call of the storm from the wild.
My bride has shivered and stood up, she has clasped my hand and come out.
Her hair is flying in the wind, her veil is fluttering, her garland rustles over her breast.
The push of death has swung her into life.
We are face to face and heart to heart, my bride and I.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111111101 011101001101000111011 11110111110010111101 110101001111011101 1111110011101111 11110100 11100111001101111011101 1101010101010001111101 111001011110 11011111111010 11111101101101 1111001111111011 0111000101110001011001 0111110011 1111101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 1,049 |
Words | 218 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 54 |
Words per line (avg) | 14 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 811 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 216 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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