This is an analysis of Give Me Strength by Rabindranath Tagore.
This is my prayer to thee, my lord---strike,
strike at the root of penury in my heart.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xa b X a b X
- Stanza lengths: 2,1,1,1,1,1,
- Metre: 001101111 11010100011 1101100111110 1101011110010 110110001011111011001 110101111011010 1110100101101001
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 7
Repeated words/phrases
my, to
Anaphora
give
Anadiplosis
strike