Analysis of Light
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
Light, my light, the world-filling light,
the eye-kissing light,
heart-sweetening light!
Ah, the light dances, my darling, at the center of my life;
the light strikes, my darling, the chords of my love;
the sky opens, the wind runs wild, laughter passes over the earth.
The butterflies spread their sails on the sea of light.
Lilies and jasmines surge up on the crest of the waves of light.
The light is shattered into gold on every cloud, my darling,
and it scatters gems in profusion.
Mirth spreads from leaf to leaf, my darling,
and gladness without measure.
The heaven's river has drowned its banks
and the flood of joy is abroad.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101101 01101 11001 101101101010111 01111001111 0110011110101001 01011110111 10011110110111 0111001111001110 01110010 111111110 010110 010101111 00111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 642 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 2, 2, 4 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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