Analysis of Nightfall In The City Of Hyderabad
Sarojini Naidu 1879 (Hyderabad) – 1949 (Lucknow)
SEE how the speckled sky burns like a pigeon's throat,
Jewelled with embers of opal and peridote.
See the white river that flashes and scintillates,
Curved like a tusk from the mouth of the city-gates.
Hark, from the minaret, how the muezzin's call
Floats like a battle-flag over the city wall.
From trellised balconies, languid and luminous
Faces gleam, veiled in a splendour voluminous.
Leisurely elephants wind through the winding lanes,
Swinging their silver bells hung from their silver chains.
Round the high Char Minar sounds of gay cavalcades
Blend with the music of cymbals and serenades.
Over the city bridge Night comes majestical,
Borne like a queen to a sumptuous festival.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101110101 111011001 1011011001 110110110101 110011011 110101100101 11100100100 10110010100 100100110101 101101111101 1011101111 1101011001 100101111 11011010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 694 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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