Analysis of Unyielding
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
When I called you in your garden
Mango blooms were rich in fragrance -
Why did you remain so distant,
Keep your doors so tightly fastened?
Blossoms grew to ripe fruit-clusters -
Your rejected my cuppded handfuls,
Closed your eyes to perfectness.
In the fierce harsh storms of Baisakh,
Golden ripened fruit fell tumbling.
'Dust, I said, 'defiles such offerings:
Let your hands be heaven to them.'
Still you showed no friendliness.
Lampless were your doors at evening,
Pitch-black as I played my vina.
How the starlight twanged my heartstrings!
How I set my vina dancing!
You showed no responsiveness.
Sad birds twittered sleeplessly,
Calling, calling lost companions.
Gone the right time for our union -
Low the moon while still you brooded,
Sunk in lonely pensiveness.
Who can understand another!
Heart cannot restrain its passion.
I had hoped that some remaining
Tear-soaked memories would sway you,
Stir your feet to lightsomeness.
Moon fell at the feet of morning,
Loosened from the night's fading necklace.
While you slept, O did my Vina
Lull you with its heartache? Did you
Dream at least of happiness?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110110 10101010 11101110 11111010 10111110 1010111 11111 0011111 101011100 11111100 11111011 1111100 1011110 11111110 101111 11111010 1110100 1111 10101010 101111010 10111110 10101 1101010 11001110 11111010 11100111 11111 11101110 101011010 11111110 1111111 1111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,084 |
Words | 187 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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