Analysis of Lover's Gifts XLVII: The Road Is
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
The road is my wedded companion. She speaks to me under my feet all
day, she sings to my dreams all night.
My meeting with her had no beginning, it begins endlessly at
each daybreak, renewing its summer in fresh flowers and songs, and
her every new kiss is the first kiss to me.
The road and I are lovers. I change my dress for her night
after night, leaving the tattered cumber of the old in the wayside
inns when the day dawns.
| Scheme | ABCDEBFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011110010111110111 11111111 11010110101011001 110101100110010 010011101111 01011101111101 1011001010101001 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 438 |
| Words | 86 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 336 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 84 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 06, 2023
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