Analysis of Only He Knows the Bitterness of Love
Mirabai 1498 (Kudki, Pali district, Jodhpur State) – 1556 (Dwaraka)
Only he knows the bitterness of love
Who has deeply felt its pangs.
When you are in trouble
No one comes near you:
When fortune smiles.
All come to share the joy.
Love shows no external wound.
But the pain pervades every pore
Devotee Mira offers her body
As a sacrifice to Giridhara for ever.
[Translated by A.J. Alston]
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011010011 1110111 111010 11111 1101 111101 1110101 101011001 011010010 101011110 0101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 318 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 23 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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