Analysis of O I saw witchcraft tonight
O I saw witchcraft tonight
in the region of Braj.
A milking girl going her rounds,
a pot on her head,
came face to face with the Dark One.
My friend, she is babbling,
can no longer say "buttermilk."
- Come get the Dark One, the Dark One!
A pot full of Shyam! -
In the overgrown lanes
of Vrindavan forest
the Enchanter of Hearts fixed his
eye on this girl,
then departed.
Mira's lord is hot, lovely
and raven -
tonight she saw witchcraft
at Braj.
[Translated by Robert Bly]
| Scheme | XAXXBXXBXXXXXXXBXA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 001011 01011001 01101 11111011 1111100 1110110 11011011 01111 00011 1110 00101111 1111 1010 111110 010 01111 11 0101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 463 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 18, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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