Analysis of I Am Restless
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
I am restless. I am athirst for far-away things.
My soul goes out in a longing to touch the skirt of the dim distance.
O Great Beyond, O the keen call of thy flute!
I forget, I ever forget, that I have no wings to fly, that I am bound in this spot evermore.
I am eager and wakeful, I am a stranger in a strange land.
Thy breath comes to me whispering an impossible hope.
Thy tongue is known to my heart as its very own.
O Far-to-seek, O the keen call of thy flute!
I forget, I ever forget, that I know not the way, that I have not the winged horse.
I am listless, I am a wanderer in my heart.
In the sunny haze of the languid hours, what vast vision of thine takes shape in the blue of the sky!
O Farthest end, O the keen call of thy flute!
I forget, I ever forget, that the gates are shut everywhere in the house where I dwell alone!
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Metre | 111011111011 11110010110110110 11011011111 101110011111111111101110 111001110100011 11111100101001 111111111101 11111011111 101110011111011111011 1110110100011 0010110101011101111001101 11011011111 10111001101111000111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 830 |
Words | 175 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 49 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 210 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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