Analysis of The Gardener LIX: O Woman
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
O woman, you are not merely the
handiwork of God, but also of men;
these are ever endowing you with
beauty from their hearts.
Poets are weaving for you a web
with threads of golden imagery;
painters are giving your form ever
new immortality.
The sea gives its pearls, the mines
their gold, the summer gardens their
flowers to deck you, to cover you, to
make you more precious.
The desire of men's hearts has shed
its glory over your youth.
You are one half woman and one
half dream.
Scheme | ABCDEFGFHIJKLMNO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111100 101111011 111001011 10111 101101101 11110100 101101110 10100 0111101 11010101 1011111011 11110 001011111 1101011 11111001 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 475 |
Words | 92 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 379 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 90 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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