Analysis of The Age Of Infancy
Allama Muhammad Iqbal 1877 (Sialkot, Punjab) – 1938 (Lahore, Punjab)
The earth and sky were unknown worlds to me
Only the expanse of mother's bosom was a world to me
Every movement was a symbol of life's pleasure to me
My own speech was like a meaningless word to me
During infancy's pain if somebody made me cry
The noise of the door chain would comfort me
Oh! How I stared at the moon for long hours
Staring at its silent journey among broken clouds
I would ask repeatedly about its mountains and plains
And how surprised would I be at that prudent lie
My eye was devoted to seeing, my lip was prone to speak
My heart was no less than inquisitiveness personified
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101001111 100011101010111 100101010111011 111110100111 1011110111 0110111101 11111011110 1011101001101 11101000111001 010111111101 111010110111111 1111111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 592 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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