Analysis of Heaven and Hell
Sheikh Fazlul Karim 1882 (Bangladesh) – 1936 (Bangladesh)
Where is heaven, where is hell, who says they’re far away from you?
Heaven and hell are within the people. Angels and demons are within us too.
When our conscience is overthrown by the deadly sins,
The hellfire of self-repentance burns within us then.
When the holy tide of universal love brings us all as one,
Heaven comes down to abide in our hut with everyone
(This is the English translation by me.)
| Scheme | AAXXBB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011111110111 10011010101001010111 1101010110101 011101010111 101011010111111 10111010101110 1101001011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 403 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 159 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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It’s about spirituality and the human condition.
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