Analysis of The Wanderer and the Tree

Kaushik Ghosh 1979 (Calcutta)



A weary wanderer here I come
Looking for shelter under the sun.
Won’t you spare a stretch of your shade?
The sun is up and its long before it fades.

Looking for solace all this time,
Found your shade – serene and sublime.
Will you spare a patch of this shade?
The sun is high enough and its long before it fades.

I won’t be here forever. You know.
Till then will you keep away the rain and snow?
I’ll be lying still beneath the grass blades,
The sun is still high and it will take long to fade.

And when my foot sores will hurt no more,
I’ll move on, I’ll move on for sure!
I’ll relinquish the space under your shade,
Although the sun will still be high enough to fade.


Scheme XXAB CCAB DDBA XXAA
Poetic Form
Metre 010100111 101101001 11101111 01110110111 10110111 11101001 11101111 0111010110111 111101011 11111010101 1110101011 011110111111 011111111 11111111 1010011011 10111110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 668
Words 133
Sentences 12
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 128
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Submitted by k79aushik on May 12, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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