Analysis of Nanda Beholds Krishna's Face



Parted nightlong from his beloved child
Nanda could no longer restrain himself
and lifting from his face the coverlet gazed upon it;
no more the night was oppressive:
the gods it seemed had churned the sea,
and through its foam the moon was seen resplendent in the sky."

Says Suradasa, the cowherd lads and maids learning that their beloved Krishna was awake forgot all else and ran to his bedside.


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Poetic Form
Metre 10111011 111100101 010111011011 11011010 01111101 01110111010001 110110110110110101011101111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 405
Words 73
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 1
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 46
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 161
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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