Analysis of Ocean of Forms
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
I dive down into the depth of the ocean of forms,
hoping to gain the perfect pearl of the formless.
No more sailing from harbor to harbor with this my weather-beaten boat.
The days are long passed when my sport was to be tossed on waves.
And now I am eager to die into the deathless.
Into the audience hall by the fathomless abyss
where swells up the music of toneless strings
I shall take this harp of my life.
I shall tune it to the notes of forever,
and when it has sobbed out its last utterance,
lay down my silent harp at the feet of the silent.
Scheme | AA XX A XXX XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101101011 10110011101 111011011011110101 01111111111111 011110110101 010100110101 111010111 11111111 11111011010 01111111100 1111011011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 559 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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