Analysis of The Gardener XXVI: What Comes From Your Willing Hands
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
"What comes from your willing
hands I take. I beg for nothing
more."
"Yes, yes, I know you, modest
mendicant, you ask for all that one
has."
"If there be a stray flower for me
I will wear it in my heart."
"But if there be thorns?"
"I will endure them."
"Yes, yes, I know you, modest
mendicant, you ask for all that one
has."
"If but once you should raise your
loving eyes to my face it would make
my life sweet beyond death."
"But if there be only cruel
glances?"
"I will keep them piercing my
heart."
"Yes, yes, I know you, modest
mendicant, you ask for all that one
has."
| Scheme | aabCDEfghiCDEbjklmngCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110 11111110 1 1111110 1111111 1 111011011 1111011 11111 11011 1111110 1111111 1 1111111 101111111 111011 11111010 10 1111101 1 1111110 1111111 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 597 |
| Words | 125 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 23 |
| Lines Amount | 23 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 418 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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