Analysis of The Gardener XXI: Why Did He Choose
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
Why did he choose to come to my
door, the wandering youth, when the
day dawned?
As I come in and out I pass by him
every time, and my eyes are caught by
his face.
I know not if I should speak to him
or keep silent. Why did he choose to
come to my door?
The cloudy nights in July are dark;
the sky is soft blue in the autumn; the
spring days are restless with the south
wind.
He weaves his songs with fresh
tunes every time.
I turn from my work and my eyes
fill with the mist. Why did he choose
to come to my door?
| Scheme | ABCDAEDFGHBIJKLMNG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111111 10100110 11 1110011111 1001011111 11 111111111 111011111 1111 01010111 0111100100 11110101 1 111111 11001 11111011 11011111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 527 |
| Words | 113 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 18 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 390 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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