Analysis of The Gardener IX: When I Go Alone at Night
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
When I go alone at night to my
love-tryst, birds do not sing, the wind
does not stir, the houses on both sides
of the street stand silent.
It is my own anklets that grow loud
at every step and I am ashamed.
When I sit on my balcony and listen
for his footsteps, leaves do not rustle
on the trees, and the water is still in
the river like the sword on the knees
of a sentry fallen asleep.
It is my own heart that beats wildly
--I do not know how to quiet it.
When my love comes and sits by
my side, when my body trembles and
my eyelids droop, the night darkens,
the wind blows out the lamp, and the
clouds draw veils over the stars.
It is the jewel at my own breast
that shines and gives light. I do not
know how to hide it.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011111 11111101 111010111 101110 111110111 1100101101 11111100010 11111110 1010010110 010101101 10101001 111111110 111111101 1111011 11111010 111011 01110100 1111001 110101111 11011111 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 732 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 554 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 151 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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