Analysis of I Burst Into Laughter
I burst into laughter
whenever I hear
that the fish is thirsty in water.
Without the knowledge of Self
people just wander to Mathura or to Kashi
like the musk-deer unaware
of the scent in his navel,
goes on running forest to forest.
In water is the lotus plant
and the plant bears flowers
and on the flowers are the bees buzzing.
Likewise all yogis and mendicants
and all those who have renounced comforts,
are on here and hereafter and the nether world -
contemplating.
Friend, the Supreme Indestructible Being,
on whom thousands of sages meditate
and even Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh,
really resides within one's self.
Though He is near, He appears far away -
and that is what makes one disturbed;
says Kabir, listen, O wise one,
by Guru alone is the confusion curbed.
Scheme | AXA BCXXX XDEDXXE EXCB XFXF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110 01011 101110010 0101011 1011011111 101101 1010110 111010110 01010101 001110 0101010110 11101 011110110 111001000101 100 1001010010 111011010 010110001 10010111 1111101101 01111101 1110111 1101100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 755 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 5, 7, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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