Analysis of Illusion and Reality
What is seen is not the Truth
What is cannot be said
Trust comes not without seeing
Nor understanding without words
The wise comprehends with knowledge
To the ignorant it is but a wonder
Some worship the formless God
Some worship His various forms
In what way He is beyond these attributes
Only the Knower knows
That music cannot be written
How can then be the notes
Says Kabir, awareness alone will overcome illusion
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111101 111011 1110110 1010011 0101110 10100111010 110011 11011001 0111101110 100101 11010110 111101 1101001110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 427 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 343 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 76 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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