Analysis of Lover's Gifts XIX: It Is Written in the Book
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
It is written in the book that Man, when fifty, must leave the
noisy world, to go to the forest seclusion. But the poet proclaims
that the forest hermitage is only for the young. For it is the
birthplace of flowers and the haunt of birds and bees; and hidden
hooks are waiting there for the thrill of lovers' whispers. There
the moon-light, that is all one kiss for the malati flowers, has
its deep message, but those who understand it are far below fifty.
And alas, youth is inexperienced and wilful, therefore it is
but meet that the old should take charge of the household, and the
young take to the seclusion of forest shades and the severe
discipline of courting.
Scheme | ABACDEFGAHI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111000111110110 101111010010101001 10101001101011110 11100011101010 11101101110101 01111111101101 1110111011110110 001110010001111 1110111110100 111001011010001 100110 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 670 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 530 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 122 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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