Analysis of O' Mother to Whom Shall I Tell The Story
Shah Hussain 1538 (Lahore) – 1599
'O' Mother to whom shall I tell the story of my separation's grief.
The fire lit inside me by the teacher smolders and smokes
As I stir the ambers, I see the red Jewel
The pain of separation has driven me mad
Suffering is the bread I eat
Pain is my curry dip, sighs of grief my cooking fire
I roam the jungles and deserts in vain
Says Hussain, the God's fakir:
How happy I will be to find my prince!'
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Metre | 110111110101111 01010111010101 111010110110 01101011011 10010111 11110111111010 1101001001 101011 1101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 400 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 309 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 81 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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