Analysis of Talking XX
Khalil Gibran 1883 (Bsharri) – 1931 (New York City)
And then a scholar said, "Speak of Talking."
And he answered, saying:
You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts;
And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime.
And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered.
For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words many indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.
There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being alone.
The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked selves and they would escape.
And there are those who talk, and without knowledge or forethought reveal a truth which they themselves do not understand.
And there are those who have the truth within them, but they tell it not in words.
In the bosom of such as these the spirit dwells in rhythmic silence.
When you meet your friend on the roadside or in the market place, let the spirit in you move your lips and direct your tongue.
Let the voice within your voice speak to the ear of his ear;
For his soul will keep the truth of your heart as the taste of the wine is remembered
When the color is forgotten and the vessel is no more.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101011110 011010 111111111111 011111010010111110110110010001 0011110101110 1110111100111100101111101 1110111101001111001 0101101111110101101 0111110011011010111011101 011111010111111101 00101111010101010 1111110110010110100111100111 10101111101111 11111011111011011010 101010100010111 |
Characters | 1,190 |
Words | 230 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 62 |
Words per line (avg) | 15 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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