This is an analysis of My Dependence by Rabindranath Tagore.

I like to be dependent, and so for ever
with warmth and care of my mother…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Aabb Aabb Acbb AXcX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110001011110 01110110 110011101 111000111 110001011110 1111111110 11110001 1100111010 110001011110 11111111 010000010101 101111111 110001011110 111011011 1111010101 1101101111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

and, my