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In A Sudden

Mirabai 1498 (Kudki, Pali district, Jodhpur State) – 1556 (Dwaraka)

On a sudden,
the sight,
Your look of light,
stills all,

The curd-pot
falls to the ground.

Parents and
brothers
all call a halt.

Prise out, they say,
this thing from your heart.
You've lost your path.

Says Meera:
Who but you
can see in the dark
of a heart?

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 13, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAAX XX XXX XBX XXXB
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 254
Words 52
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 2, 3, 3, 4
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