Analysis of I have maya for mother in law
Akka Mahadevi 1130 (Udutadi) – 1160
I have Maya for mother-in-law,
the world for father-in-law;
three brothers-in-law, like tigers;
and the husband’s thoughts
are full of laughing women;
no god, this man,
And I cannot cross the sister-in-law.
But I will
give this wench the slip
and go cuckold my husband with
Hara, my Lord.
My mind is my maid:
by her kindness, I join
my Lord,
my utterly beautiful Lord
from the mountain peaks,
my lord white as jasmine,
and I will make Him
my good husband
Scheme | AABCDEAFGHIJKIILDMN |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011001 0111001 11001110 00101 1111010 1111 0110101001 111 11101 0111101 1011 11111 101011 11 11001001 10101 111110 01111 1110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 446 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 349 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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