Analysis of Only Thee
Rabindranath Tagore 1861 (Kolkata) – 1941 (Kolkata)
That I want thee, only thee---let my heart repeat without end.
All desires that distract me, day and night,
are false and empty to the core.
As the night keeps hidden in its gloom the petition for light,
even thus in the depth of my unconsciousness rings the cry
---`I want thee, only thee'.
As the storm still seeks its end in peace
when it strikes against peace with all its might,
even thus my rebellion strikes against thy love
and still its cry is
---`I want thee, only thee'.
| Scheme | xax axB xaxxB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110111101011 10101011101 11010101 101110011001011 10100111100101 111101 101111101 1110111111 101101010111 01111 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 490 |
| Words | 92 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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