Analysis of Fir tree

Feroz Shah 1987 (Noakhali)



By the river
A fir tree

Gradually
The shadow of the river rises
Blends into the trunk
Hides inside for many days

One night
It walks to a distant village
Going closer to the mother tree

Pours a whole river.


Scheme AB BXXX XXB A
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Metre 1010 011 1000 01101010 10101 1011101 11 11101010 101010101 10110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 209
Words 43
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 4, 3, 1
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 41
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Written on April 20, 2020

Submitted by feroz.Shah on May 11, 2022

Modified on April 29, 2023

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Feroz Shah

Feroz Shah is an emerging committed poet of Bangladesh. He is very economic in words but extensively symbolic in meaning. Keeping aside the pattern of narrative verse, he shows his excellence in composing short but symbolic poems. His poetry ushers a new tone and a new style in Bengali verse literature. His poetry has already arrested the attention of the critics and the poet lovers. This young but committed bard was born on 1st July 1987 at Subarnachar under Noakhali district in Bangladesh. He is the second son of Nurul Haque and Fatema Khatun. He has already published three poetry books. His first book "Ujane Sonali Maach" (Golden Fish against Stream) was published from Behula Bangla in 2017 from Dhaka, Bangladesh. From the same publication, his second book " Blackboard e Nungach" ( A Salt-tree on Blackboard )was published in 2020. In 2021, his third book of poetry " Manush Nijey Ekti Biyoug Cinho" (Man Himself is a Negative Sign)" came out from the Calcutta Khasora Khata publication. He is a teacher by profession. He is equally popular both in India and Bangladesh. more…

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