The Sailor by Rabindranath Tagore: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Sailor that begins with:

The boat of the boatman Madhu is moored at the wharf of Rajgunj.
It is uselessly laden with jute, and has been lying there idle...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcdXefXgXXgXfXdbcXadef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101001101010 001000100111010110 11011 011101101111000 101111111110 11101001010 11101011011100 101 110111110010 111100001011000011 1010110 110101001011110 11011 111111001111100 0101011011100101 11110010101 111011101011100 010011 111010100110110 100100 11110001011111 1011111 11101011011100 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 212
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Sailor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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