Analysis of Sonnet.--The Lotus.
Toru Dutt 1856 (Kolkata) – 1877 (Kolkata)
Love came to Flora asking for a flower
That would of flowers be undisputed queen,
The lily and the rose, long, long had been
Rivals for that high honour. Bards of power
Had sung their claims. "The rose can never tower
Like the pale lily with her Juno mien"--
"But is the lily lovelier?" Thus between
Flower-factions rang the strife in Psyche's bower.
"Give me a flower delicious as the rose
And stately as the lily in her pride"--
"But of what colour?"--"Rose-red," Love first chose,
Then prayed,--"No, lily-white,--or, both provide;"
And Flora gave the lotus, "rose-red" dyed,
And "lily-white,"--the queenliest flower that blows.
Scheme | ABCAABBADEDEED |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101010 1111010101 0100011111 1011111110 11110111010 1011010101 110101101 10101010110 11010010101 0101010001 111111111 1111011101 0101010111 0101011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 617 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 474 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 104 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on May 01, 2023
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