Analysis of Suttee
Sarojini Naidu 1879 (Hyderabad) – 1949 (Lucknow)
LAMP of my life, the lips of Death
Hath blown thee out with their sudden breath;
Naught shall revive thy vanished spark . . .
Love, must I dwell in the living dark?
Tree of my life, Death's cruel foot
Hath crushed thee down to thy hidden root;
Nought shall restore thy glory fled . . .
Shall the blossom live when the tree is dead?
Life of my life, Death's bitter sword
Hath severed us like a broken word,
Rent us in twain who are but one . .
Shall the flesh survive when the soul is gone?
| Scheme | AABB XXCC XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 11110111 111111101 11011101 111100101 11111101 111111101 11011101 1010110111 11111101 110110101 11011111 1010110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 497 |
| Words | 93 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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