Analysis of I went to fetch water from the lake
I went to fetch water from the lake, but my love wont let me, O mother!
Kneading my firm breasts, he lusted for the nectar of my lips, O mother!
I went to fetch water from the lake, but my love wont let me, O mother!
'How did you hurt your lips' my mother-in-law suspiciously asks.
'It was my girl friend's nail as she was helping me with the pots'
I went to fetch water from the lake, but my love wont let me, O mother!
I had gone in a great hurry but my love held me back,
It is excellent to attain Narsaiyya's Lord,
For he made me like himself, O mother!
I went to fetch water from the lake, but my love wont let me, O mother!
| Scheme | AaA xxA xxaA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110101111111110 101111101010111110 111110101111111110 1111111100101001 111111111101101 111110101111111110 11100110111111 1110010111 1111101110 111110101111111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 628 |
| Words | 132 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 47 |
| Words per line (avg) | 13 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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