Analysis of Harvest Hymn



LORD of the lotus, lord of the harvest,
Bright and munificent lord of the morn!
Thine is the bounty that prospered our sowing,
Thine is the bounty that nurtured our corn.
We bring thee our songs and our garlands for tribute,
The gold of our fields and the gold of our fruit;
O giver of mellowing radiance, we hail thee,
We praise thee, O Surya, with cymbal and flute.

Lord of the rainbow, lord of the harvest,
Great and beneficent lord of the main!
Thine is the mercy that cherished our furrows,

Thine is the mercy that fostered our grain.
We bring thee our thanks and our garlands for tribute,
The wealth of our valleys, new-garnered and ripe;
O sender of rain and the dewfall, we hail thee,
We praise thee, Varuna, with cymbal and pipe.

Queen of the gourd-flower, queen of the har- vest,
Sweet and omnipotent mother, O Earth!
Thine is the plentiful bosom that feeds us,
Thine is the womb where our riches have birth.
We bring thee our love and our garlands for tribute,
With gifts of thy opulent giving we come;
O source of our manifold gladness, we hail thee,
We praise thee, O Prithvi, with cymbal and drum.

Lord of the Universe, Lord of our being,
Father eternal, ineffable Om!
Thou art the Seed and the Scythe of our harvests,
Thou art our Hands and our Heart and our Home.
We bring thee our lives and our labours for tribute,
Grant us thy succour, thy counsel, thy care.
O Life of all life and all blessing, we hail thee,
We praise thee, O Bramha, with cymbal and prayer


Scheme ABCBDDED AFG FDHEH XIGIDJEJ CJGXDKEK
Poetic Form
Metre 1101011010 1011101 110101101010 11010110101 1111010101110 0111010011101 1101100100111 1111111001 110111010 100101101 11010110101 11010110101 1111010101110 011101011001 11011001111 111111001 11011011011 1001001011 11010010111 11011101011 1111010101110 11111001011 11110101111 11111011001 11010111010 1001001001 110100111010 1110101010101 1111010101110 111111011 111110110111 1111111001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,521
Words 282
Sentences 13
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 3, 5, 8, 8
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 230
Words per stanza (avg) 55
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 23, 2023

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Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu, born as Sarojini Chattopadhyay also known by the sobriquet as The Nightingale of India, was a child prodigy, Indian independence activist and poet. Naidu served as the first governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949; the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state. She was the second woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress in 1925 and the first Indian woman to do so. more…

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