Analysis of The Dagger
The dagger of love has pierced my heart.
I was going to the river to fetch water,
A golden pitcher on my head.
Hariji has bound me
By the thin thread of love,
And wherever He draws me,
Thither I go.
Mira's Lord is the courtly Giridhara:
This is the nature
Of his dark and beautiful form.
| Scheme | ABCDEDFBBG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (50%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 010111111 111010101110 01010111 1111 101111 0010111 111 1110101 11010 11101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 297 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 222 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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