Analysis of The Child-Angel
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
They clamour and fight, they doubt and despair, they know no end
to their wrangling.
Let your life come amongst them like a flame of light, my
child, unflickering and pure, and delight them into silence.
They are cruel in their greed and their envy, their words are like
hidden knives thirsting for blood.
Go and stand amidst their scowling hearts, my child, and let
your gentle eyes fall upon them like the forgiving peace of the
evening over the strife of the day.
Let them see your face, my child, and thus know the meaning
of all things; let them love you and thus love each other.
Come and take your seat in the bosom of the limitless, my
child. At sunrise open and raise your heart like a blossoming
flower, and at sunset bend your head and in silence complete the
worship of the day.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIBJCBHI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110011111 11100 1111011101111 110100110110 111001101101111 101111 1010111011101 1101101110010110 101001101 1111111011010 1111111011110 101110010101001 11110011110100 100111110010010 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 800 |
Words | 149 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 624 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 147 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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