This is an analysis of To My Children by Sarojini Naidu.

Jaya Surya
GOLDEN sun of victory, born…

Browse poems by Sarojini Naidu

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aabbaacd X eeffffcd X gghhiicd XXhhaahhcc
  • Stanza lengths: 1,8,1,8,1,8,10,
  • Metre: 1010 10101001 0111001 0110101 1110101 10011010 01110110 10100110 1011100 100 1010111 1010011 10101011 10111111 10101011 10110011 1010110 1001100 1000 1010101 0110101 1010101 0011101 1100101 1010101 1010110 1011100 1000 1010001 1000101 01100101 1110111 1010101 0110101 1010110 1011101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

to, you

Anaphora

in, sun, lord

Epiphora

you