Analysis of Krishna Questions His Hair Braid Not Growing



Mother, when will my hair-braid grow?
milk you said will make it grow,
but still it remains so short.
Mother when will my hair-braid grow
you said like Bal it would be strong,
his braid has grown fat and long,
combing , braiding, bathing, drying,
to the ground like a serpent writhing.
for me you say milk is better.
never delicious bread and butter,
Sur, long live the two brothers,
the twosome of hari and haldhar.


Scheme AabAccddeefa
Poetic Form
Metre 10111111 1111111 1110111 10111111 11111111 1111101 10101010 101101010 11111110 100101010 1110110 01011001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 413
Words 77
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 323
Words per stanza (avg) 76
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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