This is an analysis of Life In The World Is Short by Mirabai.

Life in the world is short,
Why shoulder an unnecessary load…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a b X b a X X X c X XXc
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Metre: 100101 1101010101 0100101 110111001 1010111 110010110 1100111001 101010010 0010000101 101011 10100101000 0101110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 12
  • Lines: 12