Analysis of The Judge
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
Say of him what you please, but I know my child's failings.
I do not love him because he is good, but because he is my
little child.
How should you know how dear he can be when you try to weigh
his merits against his faults?
When I must punish him he becomes all the more a part of my
being.
When I cause his tears to come my heart weeps with him.
I alone have a right to blame and punish, for he only may
chastise who loves.
| Scheme | ABCDEBFGDH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1111111111110 1111101111101111 101 11111111111111 1100111 1111011011010111 10 111111111111 1011011101011101 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 444 |
| Words | 92 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 326 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 90 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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