This is an analysis of Clouds And Waves by Rabindranath Tagore.

Mother, the folk who live up in the clouds call out to me-
"We play from the time we wake till the day ends.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbXXXacXXaaXXXdXXXaXbdcb
  • Stanza lengths: 27,
  • Metre: 10011110011101 11001111011 110010111001010 1110111011011 11010001001111 1001110010100010 1010010111110110111 01100 1111101 11101011110 110011101 11101011111110 0011 01110011101 110101111111011 11110 11101110110 11110001001110 11111100101010100 11101011111100101 11110110 111111 111010111 100011100011 111111111101110 10 111001011111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 27

Repeated words/phrases

we, to, play, and, i

Anaphora

we, i