Analysis of The Gardener LXXXI: Why Do You Whisper So Faintly
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
Why do you whisper so faintly in
my ears, O Death, my Death?
When the flowers droop in the
evening and cattle come back to their
stalls, you stealthily come to my side
and speak words that I do not
understand.
Is this how you must woo and win
me with the opiate of drowsy murmur
and cold kisses, O Death, my Death?
Will there be no proud ceremony
for our wedding?
Will you not tie up with a wreath
your tawny coiled locks?
Is there none to carry your banner
before you, and will not the night be
on fire with your red torch-lights,
O Death, my Death?
Come with your conch-shells sound-
ing, come in the sleepless night.
Dress me with a crimson mantle,
grasp my hand and take me.
Let your chariot be ready at my
door with your horses neighing impatiently.
Raise my veil and look at my face
proudly, O Death, my Death!
Scheme | ABCDEFGAHBIJKLHIMBNOPIQIRB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101100 111111 1010100 100101111 1111111 0111111 01 11111101 11010011010 01101111 11111100 11010 11111101 11011 111110110 011011011 11011111 1111 111111 1100101 11101010 111011 1110011011 1111010100 11101111 101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 835 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 26 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 634 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 158 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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