Analysis of The Dropp and The Sea
Kabir 1440 (Banaras) – 1518 (Maghar)
I went looking for Him
And lost myself;
The dropp merged with the Sea -
Who can find it now?
Looking and looking for Him
I lost myself;
The Sea merged with the dropp -
Who can find it now?
| Scheme | abxC abxC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011 011 011101 11111 1001011 111 011101 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 192 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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