Analysis of The Ignorant Ruler. The nude Scholar
Basudev Karmakar 1974 (West Bengal , India)
The Ignorant Ruler, The Nude Scholar
The city roads that all once laughed and shined,
Now is lying with ribs and bones all jutted out.
The clamored vehicles hurried and lined,
Are now thinned, forked-fords plying in flout.
The houses, bungalows and mansions-
All faded out that in pride once gleamed,
Closely to royal palace have no dimensions;
The inmates’ face is gloomy and all dimmed.
The old era seems to have been recycled;
The kingly dwellers are all got captivated
Under one’s dominance caged and shackled-
Badly torn, trampled and all fretted.
The farmers, the traders or the scholar
All are enslaved by the lord, highly ignorant.
His super wings, Hypocrisy speaks and his Dollar
Love, Knowledge and Kind are sent in dormant.
Amidst the very houses of skeleton
Is imposed the house of their great lord.
Even the wind fears to sing in harsh tone
The birds fear to claim their sky for his sword.
The hunger-betide child or the diseased mite
Whoever be, the lord decides as to his wish.
If smiles upon him the lord’s sharp light,
The mite will see the next sun or meet his demise.
Scheme | A BCBC DXDX EFEF AGAG XHXH IXIX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0100100110 0101111101 11101101111 0101001001 111111001 01010010 110110111 101101011010 011110011 01101111010 01010111100 1011001010 101100110 0100101010 110110110100 1101010010110 1100111010 01010101100 101011111 1001111011 0111111111 01001110011 01010111111 110110111 011101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,098 |
Words | 213 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
When the ruler is ignorant, the people are afraid and naked. The system of old Era comes back. All are enslaved under his dominance.
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Written on February 14, 2023
Submitted by karmakar.basudev on February 13, 2023
Modified by karmakar.basudev on February 13, 2023
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