Analysis of Alabaster
Sarojini Naidu 1879 (Hyderabad) – 1949 (Lucknow)
LIKE this alabaster box whose art
Is frail as a cassia-flower, is my heart,
Carven with delicate dreams and wrought
With many a subtle and exquisite thought.
Therein I treasure the spice and scent
Of rich and passionate memories blent
Like odours of cinnamon, sandal and clove,
Of song and sorrow and life and love.
| Scheme | AABB XACC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11100111 111010010111 11100101 11001001001 011100101 1101001001 1111001001 110100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 322 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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