Analysis of The Gardener XXIV: Do Not Keep to Yourself
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
Do not keep to yourself the secret of
your heart, my friend!
Say it to me, only to me, in secret.
You who smile so gently, softly
whisper, my heart will hear it, not my
ears.
The night is deep, the house is
silent, the birds' nests are shrouded
with sleep.
Speak to me through hesitating
tears, through faltering smiles, through
sweet shame and pain, the secret of
your heart!
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKAL |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010101 1111 11111011010 11111010 101111111 1 0111011 10011110 11 1111100 1110011 11010101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 388 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 290 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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