Analysis of Through the window, ajar

Stanley David 1956 (Berhampur)



Through the window, ajar,
I pause and stare,
at the moveable feast of creation,
high up in the sky,
The Master Painter, intensely at work.  

Frescos and air brushes on vast canvasses,
A swirling current of clouds I saw,
What a majestic sweep of eternity,
Blue and white scattered across the heavens,
I chanced upon the sky.

It was an overwhelming moment,
too much to comprehend and appreciate,
I tiptoed my thoughts back into my dungeon,  
back to my routine of mindless drudgery
maybe another day, this world of Art !  


Scheme XXABX XXCXB XXACX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (33%)
Metre 101001 1101 10111010 11001 0101001011 1011011100 010101111 10010110100 1011001010 110101 11101010 111010010 1111101110 11101110100 1001011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 529
Words 106
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 136
Words per stanza (avg) 30

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It is about the free open skies and the concept of infinity and the answer to the perennial question, Who created all this .....

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Written on September 27, 2022

Submitted by Rodinberhampuria on September 28, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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