Analysis of Lost Time
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
On many an idle day have I grieved over lost time.
But it is never lost, my lord.
Thou hast taken every moment of my life in thine own hands.
Hidden in the heart of things thou art nourishing seeds into sprouts,
buds into blossoms, and ripening flowers into fruitfulness.
I was tired and sleeping on my idle bed
and imagined all work had ceased.
In the morning I woke up
and found my garden full with wonders of flowers.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011011111011 11110111 1110100101110111 1000111111001011 10110010010011 111001011101 00101111 0010111 011101110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 429 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 4 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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