Analysis of Ode to H.H. The Nizam Of Hyderabad
Sarojini Naidu 1879 (Hyderabad) – 1949 (Lucknow)
DEIGN, Prince, my tribute to receive,
This lyric offering to your name,
Who round your jewelled scepter bind
The lilies of a poet's fame;
Beneath whose sway concordant dwell
The peoples whom your laws embrace,
In brotherhood of diverse creeds,
And harmony of diverse race:
The votaries of the Prophet's faith,
Of whom you are the crown and chief
And they, who bear on Vedic brows
Their mystic symbols of belief;
And they, who worshipping the sun,
Fled o'er the old Iranian sea;
And they, who bow to Him who trod
The midnight waves of Galilee.
Sweet, sumptuous fables of Baghdad
The splendours of your court recall,
The torches of a Thousand Nights
Blaze through a single festival;
And Saki-singers down the streets,
Pour for us, in a stream divine,
From goblets of your love-ghazals
The rapture of your Sufi wine.
Prince, where your radiant cities smile,
Grim hills their sombre vigils keep,
Your ancient forests hoard and hold
The legends of their centuried sleep;
Your birds of peace white-pinioned float
O'er ruined fort and storied plain,
Your faithful stewards sleepless guard
The harvests of your gold and grain.
God give you joy, God give you grace
To shield the truth and smite the wrong,
To honour Virtue, Valour, Worth.
To cherish faith and foster song.
So may the lustre of your days
Outshine the deeds Firdusi sung,
Your name within a nation's prayer,
Your music on a nation's tongue.
Scheme | XAXAXBXB XCXCXDXD XXXXXEBE XFXFXGXG BHXHXIXI |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11110101 110100111 111111 01010101 011111 01011101 0101011 01001011 011011 11110101 0111111 11010101 01110001 1100101001 01111111 011110 11010110 011111 01010101 11010100 01010101 11100101 111111 0101111 111100101 1111101 11010101 0101111 1111111 101010101 11010101 01011101 11111111 11010101 111011 11010101 11010111 10111 11010101 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,400 |
Words | 242 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 222 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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