Analysis of When I lose Myself
Sant Tukaram 1598 (Dehu, Pune Maharashtra) – 1649 (Dehu)
When thus I lose myself in Thee, my God,
Then do I see, and know,
That all Thy universe reveals Thy beauty,
All living beings, and all lifeless things,
Exist through Thee.
This whole vast world is but the form
In which Thous showest us Thyself,
Is but the voice
In which Thyself Thou speakest unto us.
What need of words?
Come, Master, come,
And fill me wholly with Thyself.
Scheme | XXAXA XBXX XXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110111 111101 1111001110 1101001101 0111 11111101 011111 1101 01111101 1111 1101 0111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 373 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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