Analysis of The Gardener XIV: I Was Walking by the Road
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
I was walking by the road, I do not
know why, when the noonday was past
and bamboo branches rustled in the
wind.
The prone shadows with their out-
stretched arms clung to the feet of
the hurrying light.
The koels were weary of their
songs.
I was walking by the road, I do not
know why.
The hut by the side of the water is
shaded by an overhanging tree.
Some on was busy with her work,
and her bangles made music in the
corner.
I stood before this hut, I know not
why.
The narrow winding road crosses
many a mustard field, and many a
mango forest.
It passes by the temple of the
village and the market at the river
landing-place.
I stopped by this hut, I do not know
why.
Years ago it was a day of breezy
March when the murmur of the spring
was languorous, and mango blossoms
were dropping on the dust.
The rippling water leapt and licked
the brass vessel that stood on the
landing-step.
I think of that day of breezy March,
I do not know why.
Shadows are deepening and cattle
returning to their folds.
The light is grey upon the lonely
meadows, and the villagers are waiting
for the ferry at the bank.
I slowly return upon my steps, I
do not know why.
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Metre | 1110101111 1110111 00110100 1 011111 1111011 01001 0101011 1 1110101111 11 0110110101 10111001 11110101 001011000 10 110111111 1 01010110 1001010100 1010 110101010 1000101010 101 111111111 1 1011101110 11010101 1101010 010101 010010101 01101110 101 111111101 11111 11100010 010111 011101010 100100110 1010101 1100101111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,181 |
Words | 227 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 42 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 897 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 225 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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