Analysis of The Ambrosial

Gangadhar Meher 1862 (Sambalpur) – 1924



Verily I'm a drop
of the ocean of nectar.
Shunning the ocean I had risen up
in the firmament afar.
Coming down now
I've joined the ambrosial flow
and towards the ocean
ahead I'm in motion.
If I evaporate therein
on the way by the heat of sin,
in the form of dew later on
I'll descend below.
With the nectarean immortal flow,
I'll mingle in the ocean.

[Translated from original Oriya Poem ‘Amrutamaya' By Dr. Harekrishna Meher]


Scheme XAXXXBCCDDXBBC A
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 1010110 1001011101 00101 1011 1100101 001010 011010 1101001 10110111 00111101 10101 1010101 1100010 0101010011011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 425
Words 80
Sentences 7
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 14, 1
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 167
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Gangadhar Meher

Gangadhar Meher, renowned Oriya poet of 19th century also known as Swabhab Kavi,was a literary Midas, who transformed everything into gold by the alchemic touch of his genius. He was a born poet of delicate charm. His was a clean white style. His poem Bhakti bears eloquent testimony to the change in religious outlook. He was essentially a poet of intuition and side by side he had a penetrating insight. Though poor in wealth and education, he was very rich in mind and culture. In almost all his writings there is a glimpse of originality. more…

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