Analysis of I won’t come

Kabir 1440 (Banaras) – 1518 (Maghar)



I won’t come
I won’t go
I won’t live
I won’t die

I’ll keep uttering
The name
And lose myself
In it

I’m bowl
And I’m platter
I’m man
And I’m woman

I’m grapefruit
And I’m sweet lime
I’m Hindu
And I’m Muslim

I’m fish
And I’m net
I’m fisherman
And I’m time

I’m nothing
Says Kabir
I’m not among the living
Or the dead.


Scheme AXXX BXXX XCDX XEXA XXDE BCBX
Poetic Form
Metre 111 111 111 111 11100 01 011 01 11 0110 11 0110 11 0111 11 0110 11 011 110 011 110 11 1101010 101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 336
Words 67
Sentences 2
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 10
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 38
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kabir

Kabīr was a mystic poet and saint of India, whose writings have greatly influenced the Bhakti movement. The name Kabir comes from Arabic al-Kabīr which means 'The Great' – the 37th name of God in Islam. Kabir's legacy is today carried forward by the Kabir Panth, a religious community that recognizes him as its founder and is one of the Sant Mat sects. Its members, known as Kabir panthis, are estimated to be around 9,600,000. They are spread over north and central India, as well as dispersed with the Indian diaspora across the world, up from 843,171 in the 1901 census. His writings include Bijak, Sakhi Granth, Kabir Granthawali and Anurag Sagar. more…

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