Analysis of Little Flute
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail
vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life.
This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales,
and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.
At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in
joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable.
Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine.
Ages pass, and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill.
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 1111101111011 10110100101110111 1101101111010101 0111110001001 1001011111101101100 101111000100 110011111011101111 10101110111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 516 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 51 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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