Analysis of Colored Toys
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
When I bring to you colored toys, my child,
I understand why there is such a play of colors on clouds, on water,
and why flowers are painted in tints
---when I give colored toys to you, my child.
When I sing to make you dance
I truly now why there is music in leaves,
and why waves send their chorus of voices to the heart of the listening earth
---when I sing to make you dance.
When I bring sweet things to your greedy hands
I know why there is honey in the cup of the flowers
and why fruits are secretly filled with sweet juice
---when I bring sweet things to your greedy hands.
When I kiss your face to make you smile, my darling,
I surely understand what pleasure streams from the sky in morning light,
and what delight that is that is which the summer breeze brings to my body
---when I kiss you to make you smile.
Scheme | axxa BxxB CxxC xxxx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110111 10111110111011110 011011001 1111011111 1111111 11011111001 0111110110101101001 1111111 1111111101 11111100011010 01111001111 1111111101 111111111110 1100111011010101 010111111010111110 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 829 |
Words | 164 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 159 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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