Analysis of The watchman
The guard silently standing at the front door
As if someone there incorporeal.
Who makes the arrival and the departure
He keeps an eye on everything and everyone.
Dedicated to the protection of the master
Fully attentive with everything of the heart.
Respect and devotion remain in the privacy of the mind
Not addicted to anything else.
Meanwhile, his own housewife is alone at home
She suffers from loneliness.
This is how his routine life goes on
Engaged in the care of others till the end of his life.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01100101011 11111 11001000010 1111110010 1000100101010 10010110101 0100100100100101 10101101 111110111 1101100 111101111 01001110101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 511 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
Note: This writing is dedicated to those lone hearts who devote their lives for their masters by keeping watch at the front gate.
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