Lord Of My Life by Rabindranath Tagore: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Lord Of My Life that begins with:

Thou who art the innermost Spirit of my being,
art thou pleased, Lord of my Life?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abXcddeeXB fcag cBgfeh deee chXhcgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,6,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101100110 1111011 1110111101 01101101 10111010 110100101110111 10010101010 11011111010 111111011110 1011 1111111 111110100011 11001011011010101 110010010110111 111110101011 1011 1100110111010 1100110110 1101000100010 11000111001 1001101110 101011 110101001010 1100100101 1111101111 101111111 111101011 11101000101 010101011001 1101011010 01101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.

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

  • summary of Lord Of My Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Rabindranath Tagore

Poems about...
✕