Analysis of I Laugh When I Hear That The Fish In The Water Is Thirsty
I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty
You don't grasp the fact that what is most alive of all
is inside your own house.
and so you walk from one holy city to the next with
a confused look!
Kabir will tell you the truth: go wherever you like,
to Calcutta or Tibet;
if you can't find where your soul is hidden,
for you the world will never be real!
| Scheme | X XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111010010110 1110111110111 101111 01111110101011 0011 111101101011 110101 1111111110 110111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 386 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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