Analysis of Defamation
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
Whey are those tears in your eyes, my child?
How horrid of them to be always scolding you for nothing!
You have stained your fingers and face with ink while writing-
is that why they call you dirty?
O, fie! Would they dare to call the full moon dirty because
it has smudged its face with ink?
For every little trifle they blame you, my child. They are
ready to find fault for nothing.
You tore your clothes while playing-is that why they call you
untidy?
O, fie! What would they call an autumn morning that smiles
through its ragged clouds?
Take no heed of what they say to you, my child.
They make a long list of your misdeeds.
Everybody knows how you love sweet things-is that why they
call you greedy?
O, fie! What then would they call us who love you?
Scheme | ABBCDEFBGCHIAJKCG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101111 11011111101110 1111100111110 11111110 11111110111001 1111111 110010101111111 10111110 1111110111111 010 1111111101011 11101 11111111111 110111101 1001111111111 1110 11111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 787 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 588 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 144 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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