Analysis of Autumn Song
Sarojini Naidu 1879 (Hyderabad) – 1949 (Lucknow)
Like a joy on the heart of a sorrow,
The sunset hangs on a cloud;
A golden storm of glittering sheaves,
Of fair and frail and fluttering leaves,
The wild wind blows in a cloud.
Hark to a voice that is calling
To my heart in the voice of the wind:
My heart is weary and sad and alone,
For its dreams like the fluttering leaves have gone,
And why should I stay behind?
| Scheme | XABBA XCXXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 1011011010 011101 010111001 110101001 0111001 11011110 111001101 1111001001 11110100111 0111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 389 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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