Analysis of Mira Knows Why
The earth looked at Him and began to dance.
Mira knows why, for her soul too
is in love.
If you cannot picture God
in a way that always
strengthens
you,
You need to read
more of my
poems
[Translated by Daniel Ladinsky]
| Scheme | XAX XXXA XXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111100111 10111011 101 1110101 00111 10 1 1111 111 10 0101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 218 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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