This is an analysis of Only He Knows The Bitterness Of Love by Mirabai.

Only he knows the bitterness of love
Who has deeply felt its pangs.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X a X X a X X X X X X
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Metre: 1011010001 1110101 111010 11111 1101 110101 1110101 101011001 1011010010 1010101000110 0101110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 11