Analysis of The First Meeting Of Radha And Krishna
Krishna went playing in the lanes of Braj,
a yellow silk garment round his waist,
holding a top and a string to spin it with,
a crown of peacock-feathers adorning his head
his ears with charming ear-rings decked,
his teeth flashing brighter than the sun's rays,
his limbs anointed with sandalwood-paste.
On the Yamuna bank he chanced to see Radha;
a tika mark of turmeric on her brow,
dressed in a flowing skirt and blue blouse,
her lovely long wreathed hair dangling behind,
a stripling, fair, of beauty unsurpassed
with he a bevy of fair milkmaids:
Krishna's eyes met her's;
love woke in his heart,
says Suradasa, bewitched by her,
he gazed and gazed.
Scheme | XAXXXBA XXXXXB XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011000111 010110111 10010011111 01111001011 11110111 1110101011 11010111 1011111110 01111101 100101011 01011110001 010111001 11010111 1111 11011 110110 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 659 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 6, 4 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 172 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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