Analysis of Sit Smiling
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
I boasted among men that I had known you.
They see your pictures in all works of mine.
They come and ask me, `Who is he?'
I know not how to answer them. I say, `Indeed, I cannot tell.'
They blame me and they go away in scorn.
And you sit there smiling.
I put my tales of you into lasting songs.
The secret gushes out from my heart.
They come and ask me, `Tell me all your meanings.'
I know not how to answer them.
I say, `Ah, who knows what they mean!'
They smile and go away in utter scorn.
And you sit there smiling.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001111111 1111001111 11011111 111111011111101 1110110101 011110 11111101101 010101111 11011111110 11111101 11111111 1101010101 011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 527 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 7 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 194 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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