The poem "Paper Boat" is selected from Tagore's "Crescent Moon Collection". The works in this collection all describe a child's discovery and perception of the world and nature, and the childlike interest and innocence presented in it are poetic. The form of this poem is not metrical, but prose, which makes this poem more free in expression, but not lacking in poetry. There is an inherent rhythm and rhyme between sentences, which naturally blends with the images and themes to be expressed, making this well-known poem.