Analysis of Mine is Gopal

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



Mine Is Gopal
Mine is Gopal, the Mountain-Holder; there is no one else.
On his head he wears the peacock-crown: He alone is my husband.
Father, mother, brother, relative: I have none to call my own.
I've forsaken both God, and the family's honor: what should I do?
I've sat near the holy ones, and I've lost shame before the people.
I've torn my scarf into shreds; I'm all wrapped up in a blanket.
I took off my finery of pearls and coral, and strung a garland of wildwood flowers.
With my tears, I watered the creeper of love that I planted;
Now the creeper has grown spread all over, and borne the fruit of bliss.
The churner of the milk churned with great love.
When I took out the butter, no need to drink any buttermilk.
I came for the sake of love-devotion; seeing the world, I wept.
Mira is the maidservant of the Mountain-Holder:
Now with love He takes me across to the further shore.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
Poetic Form
Metre 111 1110101011111 111110111011110 1010101001111111 10101100100101111 1110101011101010 111101111110010 111110011010010101110 11111001111110 101111110010111 011011111 111101011111010 1110111010100111 10101101010 1111110110101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 900
Words 169
Sentences 13
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 46
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 685
Words per stanza (avg) 167
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mirabai

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