Analysis of You Can
Aditya Narayan Chakraborty 2008 (India)
Who Can guess the future?
Who can tell the past?
Who knows the taste of sea?
Who can predict when the clouds will burst?
You may know the answer
Or keep it buried in your head.
You may choose the correct path
But can you discover what’s ahead?
The dust on the chest of time may tell you the past
But you never know when the shadow will cast.
The darkening of sky warns you for rain
But you can never drink the sea water with trust.
It’s you who can let the birds fly with freedom
It’s you who can make the ocean ripple.
It’s you who can let the birds fly with freedom
You, can change the lives of the blind and the cripple.
Scheme | abxx acxc bbxx DeDe |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 111010 11101 110111 110110111 111010 11110011 1110011 111010001 011011111101 1110110111 0100111111 111101011011 11111011110 1111101010 11111011110 111011010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 634 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
Don't hesitate to pen your ideas for the betterment of the common, don't delay in it. A pen and a paper can mold a life, and even change the future.
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Written on July 23, 2020
Submitted by adi.play2606 on March 14, 2022
Modified by adi.play2606 on March 14, 2022
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