Analysis of The beauty of an ugly friend



How could I forget my ugly friend
"If you find him, please send!"
I shall slap him and kick him very hard
Then, hug him very tight and cry akin a lad
He never got angry when I made his fun
But whenever I fell ill, he converted to nun
With no marks on his face when all teased him
But when I did the same, he got a little bit dim
The ugliest in the crooked herd
With whiskered moustache and a dense beard
Years before he met me with a bent
But I took my axe and waited him days in tent
Days after I got ruined and left my house
And searched his stay with my children and spouse
He returned me away and denied for a rent
With a bellicose mood and hostile face paint
Days after he met me alone
His wife and children were dead and bygone
He revealed the truth about that ugliest day
Why he sent me away and what made him betray
His house that day was possessed by spy
So, he tricked me and saved me thereby
I had the handsome heart but couldn't apprehend
That didn't jump much and always tried to blend
I had rudeness but he got neither pierced nor pained
So, I love my dear ugly friend


Scheme AABCDDEEFGHHIIHJKLMMNNAAOA
Poetic Form
Metre 111011101 111111 1111011101 111101010101 11011011111 1010111101011 1111111111 1111011101011 010000101 1110011 101111101 111110101101 11011100111 0111111001 101101001101 1010101011 11011101 110100101 101010111001 111101011101 111110111 111101111 11010111001 1101101111 111011110111 11111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,082
Words 222
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 26
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 851
Words per stanza (avg) 221

About this poem

This is a ballad depicting a story about how an ugly and ignored friend proves his friendship for his dear best friend by sacrificing his everything in order to save his friend.

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Written on November 22, 2004

Submitted by binodkumarmishra865 on November 22, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Chandan Kumar Mishra

Myself Chandan Kumar Mishra. I am from India. I am 18 years old and currently I am a student pursuing graduation. I am a poet by passion. more…

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