Analysis of Lover's Gifts IV: She Is Near to My Heart
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
She is near to my heart as the meadow-flower to the earth; she is
sweet to me as sleep is to tired limbs. My love for her is my life
flowing in its fullness, like a river in autumn flood, running with
serene abandonment. My songs are one with my love, like the murmur
of a stream, that sings with all its waves and current.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1111111011010111 11111111011110111 10011010100101101 01010011111111010 101111111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 327 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 50 |
| Words per line (avg) | 13 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 250 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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