Analysis of Krishna Approaches Radha



Krishna said, 'O fair beauty, who are you?
Where do you live? Whose daughter are you?
I never yet saw you in the lanes of Braj.'

Radha said, 'What need have I to come this way?
I keep playing by my door.
But I hear that some son of Nanda
is in the habit of stealing butter and curds.'

Krishna said, 'Look, why should I appropriate
anything that's yours? Come, let's play together.'

Suradasa says: By his honied words,
Krishna, the crafty prince of amorists,
beguiled Radha and put her at ease.


Scheme AAX XXBC BX CCC
Poetic Form
Metre 1011110111 111111011 11011100111 10111111111 1110111 11111111 100101101001 10111110100 1011111010 111111 10010111 011001011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 501
Words 97
Sentences 11
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 2, 3
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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