This is an analysis of Poems On Time by Rabindranath Tagore.

The butterfly counts not months but moments,
and has time enough.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xa XX Xa
  • Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,
  • Metre: 0101111110 11101 100101 101001001011111 111101101001 11101001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 6