Analysis of The Source
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
The sleep that flits on baby's eyes-does anybody know from where
it comes? Yes, there is a rumour that it has its dwelling where,
in the fairy village among shadows of the forest dimly lit with
glow-worms, there hang two shy buds of enchantment. From there it
comes to kiss baby's eyes.
The smile that flickers on baby's lips when he sleeps-does
anybody know where it was born? Yes, there is a rumour that a young
pale beam of a crescent moon touched the edge of a vanishing autumn
cloud, and there the smile was first born in the dream of a dew
washed morning-the smile that flickers on baby's lips when he
sleeps.
The sweet, soft freshness hat blooms on baby's limbs-does
anybody know where it was hidden so long? Yes, when the mother was
a young girl it lay pervading her heart in tender and silent
mystery of love-the sweet, soft freshness that has bloomed on
baby's limbs.
Scheme | AABCDEFGHIJEKLMN |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111110111000111 11111001111101 00101001110101011 11111111010111 111101 0111011011111 10001111111100101 11101011011010010 10101111001101 11001110110111 1 011101111011 100011111011110101 0111101001010010 10011011101111 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 878 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 691 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 160 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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