Analysis of I Have Found My Guru

Mirabai 1498 (Kudki, Pali district, Jodhpur State) – 1556 (Dwaraka)



I have found a guru in Raidas, he has

given me the pill of knowledge.

I lost the honor of the royal family, I

went astray with the sadhus.

I constantly rise up, go to God’s

temple, and dance, snapping my

I don’t follow the norms as an oldest

daughter-in-law, I have thrown

away the veil.

I have taken refuge with the great

guru, and snapped my fingers at


Scheme A X B A X B X X X X X
Poetic Form
Metre 111010111 10101110 1101010101001 101101 110011111 1001101 1110011110 1001111 0101 111010101 1011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 393
Words 74
Sentences 6
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 25
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mirabai

Mirabai was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Lord Krishna. more…

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