Analysis of Priority vs Motive
Shivangi Vyasulu 1984 (India)
While the world crumbles
Into tiny little grains
Some glue themselves together
With music, art, or paint
Some tape themselves up
With family, plants and the mundane
Some build themselves up
With praise, fame and games.
Some learn to manage
Some share their own
Some give to others
But only if the spotlight is shone.
Some share their feelings
Some share their home
Some steal from others
A little more for their own.
Some are afraid
Some are dismayed
Some are deranged
About where this goes.
Some care about the future
Some care about later
Some care about now
A strong need to survive, and how.
Some wear gloves
Some wear masks too
Some isolate themselves
While some run askew
Some care how they live
Some care how they die
Some care how they give
While others ask WHY?
We're all in a crumpled heap
Victims of the unknown
It's a long journey ahead of us
Before we're safely home.
Scheme | XX AXBXBX XCDC XEDC FFXX AAGG XHXH XIXI XCXE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110 0110101 1101010 110111 11011 110010001 11011 11101 11110 1111 11110 11010111 11110 1111 11110 0101111 1101 1101 1101 01111 1101010 110110 11011 01110101 111 1111 11001 11101 11111 11111 11111 11011 1100101 101001 101100111 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 849 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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