Analysis of Give Me Strength
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
This is my prayer to thee, my lord---strike,
strike at the root of penury in my heart.
Give me the strength lightly to bear my joys and sorrows.
Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service.
Give me the strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees before insolent might.
Give me the strength to raise my mind high above daily trifles.
And give me the strength to surrender my strength to thy will with love.
| Scheme | XX X X X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111111 11011100011 1101101111010 1101111110010 110110101011111011001 110111111011010 0110110101111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 434 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
| Words per line (avg) | 12 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
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