Analysis of Where Shadow Chases Light
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
This is my delight,
thus to wait and watch at the wayside
where shadow chases light
and the rain comes in the wake of the summer.
Messengers, with tidings from unknown skies,
greet me and speed along the road.
My heart is glad within,
and the breath of the passing breeze is sweet.
From dawn till dusk I sit here before my door,
and I know that of a sudden
the happy moment will arrive when I shall see.
In the meanwhile I smile and I sing all alone.
In the meanwhile the air is filling with the perfume of promise.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 11101101 11101 00110011010 1001101011 11010101 111101 0011010111 11111110111 01111010 010101011111 00111011101 001011101001110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 524 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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