Analysis of A Love Song from the North
Sarojini Naidu 1879 (Hyderabad) – 1949 (Lucknow)
Tell me no more of thy love, papeeha,
Wouldst thou recall to my heart, papeeha,
Dreams of delight that are gone,
When swift to my side came the feet of my lover
With stars of the dusk and the dawn?
I see the soft wings of the clouds on the river,
And jewelled with raindrops the mango-leaves quiver,
And tender boughs flower on the plain.....
But what is their beauty to me, papeeha,
Beauty of blossom and shower, papeeha,
That brings not my lover again?
Tell me no more of thy love, papeeha,
Wouldst thou revive in my heart, papeeha
Grief for the joy that is gone?
I hear the bright peacock in glimmering woodlands
Cry to its mate in the dawn;
I hear the black koel's slow, tremulous wooing,
And sweet in the gardens the calling and cooing
Of passionate bulbul and dove....
But what is their music to me, papeeha
Songs of their laughter and love, papeeha,
To me, forsaken of love?
Scheme | AabcbccdaaeAabfbgghaah |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 1111111 1101111 111111011110 11101001 110111011010 0111010110 010110101 111110111 101100101 11111001 11111111 11010111 1101111 1101101001 1111001 11011110010 010010010010 1100101 111110111 11110011 1101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 869 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 682 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 164 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 19, 2023
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