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.…

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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