Analysis of I've Burned My Own House Down

Kabir 1440 (Banaras) – 1518 (Maghar)



I've burned my own house down,
the torch is in my hand.
Now I'll burn down the house of anyone
who wants to follow me.


Scheme ABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 011011 111101110 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 123
Words 27
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kabir

Kabīr was a mystic poet and saint of India, whose writings have greatly influenced the Bhakti movement. The name Kabir comes from Arabic al-Kabīr which means 'The Great' – the 37th name of God in Islam. Kabir's legacy is today carried forward by the Kabir Panth, a religious community that recognizes him as its founder and is one of the Sant Mat sects. Its members, known as Kabir panthis, are estimated to be around 9,600,000. They are spread over north and central India, as well as dispersed with the Indian diaspora across the world, up from 843,171 in the 1901 census. His writings include Bijak, Sakhi Granth, Kabir Granthawali and Anurag Sagar. more…

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