Analysis of Stray Birds 91 - 99
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
THE great earth makes herself hospitable
with the help of the grass.
THE birth and death of the leaves
are the rapid whirls of the eddy
whose wider circles
move slowly among stars.
POWER said to the world, 'You are mine.
The world kept it prisoner on her throne.
Love said to the world, 'I am thine.'
The world gave it the freedom of her house.
THE mist is like the earth's desire.
It hides the sun for whom she cries.
BE still,
my heart,
these great trees are prayers.
THE noise of the moment
scoffs at the music of the Eternal.
I THINK of other ages
that floated upon the stream of life
and love and death and are forgotten,
and I feel the freedom of passing away.
THE sadness of my soul is her bride's veil.
It waits to be lifted in the night.
DEATH'S stamp gives value to the coin of life;
making it possible to buy with life what is truly precious.
Scheme | AX XXXX BXBX XX XXX XA XCXX XX CX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111011100 101101 0101101 101011010 11010 110011 101101111 0111100101 11101111 0111010101 011101010 11011111 11 11 11111 011010 1101010010 1111010 110010111 010101010 01101011001 0101111011 111110001 1111010111 1011001111111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 874 |
Words | 177 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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