Analysis of Farewell
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
I have got my leave. Bid me farewell, my brothers!
I bow to you all and take my departure.
Here I give back the keys of my door
---and I give up all claims to my house.
I only ask for last kind words from you.
We were neighbors for long,
but I received more than I could give.
Now the day has dawned
and the lamp that lit my dark corner is out.
A summons has come and I am ready for my journey.
| Scheme | XX XXX XXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 11111111110 11111011010 111101111 011111111 1101111111 101011 110111111 10111 00111111011 01011011101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 403 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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