Analysis of To My Children
Sarojini Naidu 1879 (Hyderabad) – 1949 (Lucknow)
GOLDEN sun of victory, born
In my life's unclouded morn,
In my lambent sky of love,
May your growing glory prove
Sacred to your consecration,
To my heart and to my nation.
Sun of victory, may you be
Sun of song and liberty.
Lotus-maiden, you who claim
All the sweetness of your name,
Lakshmi, fortune's queen, defend you,
Lotus-born like you, and send you
Balmy moons of love to bless you,
Gentle joy-winds to caress you.
Lotus-maiden, may you be
Fragrant of all ecstasy.
Little lord of battle, hail
In your newly-tempered mail!
Learn to conquer, learn to fight
In the foremost flanks of right,
Like Valmiki's heroes bold,
Rubies girt in epic gold.
Lord of battle, may you be,
Lord of love and chivalry.
Limpid jewel of delight
Severed from the tender night
Of your sheltering mother-mine,
Leap and sparkle, dance and shine,
Blithely and securely set
In love's magic coronet.
Living jewel, may you be
Laughter-bound and sorrow-free.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111001 01111 011111 1110101 1011010 11101110 11100111 1110100 1010111 1010111 1101011 10111011 10111111 10111011 1010111 1011100 1011101 0110101 1110111 001111 11101 1010101 1110111 1110100 110101 1010101 11100101 1010101 1000101 0110101 1010111 1010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 973 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 182 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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