Analysis of Mine is the Lifter of Mountains
Mirabai 1498 (Kudki, Pali district, Jodhpur State) – 1556 (Dwaraka)
Mine is the lifter of mountains, the
cowherd, and none other.
O sadhus! there is no other--I have seen
the whole world.
I left brothers, I left kindred, I left
all I had.
Sitting near the sadhus, I lost worldly shame.
I looked at the devotees and I was one with
them; I looked at the world and wept.
With tears I watered love’s creeper
and it took root.
I churned the milk, drew out the ghee
and threw away the whey.
Rana sent a cup of poison; I drank it
and stayed ecstatic.
Mira’s attachment is strong--what was to
happen has happened.
O friend, I cannot live without the
Mother-in-law fights, my sister-in-law
The Rana remains angry.
They have a watchman sitting at the door,
and a lock fastened on it.
Why should I give up my first love,
the love of my former life?
None else pleases me.
Scheme | A B X X X X X X X B X C X D X X X A X C X D X X C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101100 10110 1111110111 011 1110111011 111 1010111101 111010101111 11110101 1111011 0111 11011101 010101 10101110111 01010 101011111 10110 111101010 1001111001 0100110 1101010101 0011011 11111111 0111101 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 825 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 25 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 24 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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