Analysis of Gimme that moon to play with
`Gimme that moon to play with, Ma! Gimme those stars!
Gimme those clusters and stuff them all in my pocket!’
He flushes, he cries, he stares at the moon
Jasoda wipes his tears, ‘Don’t be so crazy, Kanha!
The moon is far up in the sky! There are kids in every house,
You alone don’t seem to have any sense!’
`Gimme that moon to play with, Ma! Gimme those stars!
Gimme those clusters and stuff them all in my pocket!’
Taking water in a bowl, she showed him the moon
And consoled Narsaiyya’s Lord!
`Gimme that moon to play with, Ma! Gimme those stars!
Gimme those clusters and stuff them all in my pocket!’
| Scheme | AB cxxxAB cxAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101111111011 1011001110110 1101111101 1111111101 0111100111101001 1011111101 101111111011 1011001110110 101000111101 00111 101111111011 1011001110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 618 |
| Words | 120 |
| Sentences | 14 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 6, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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