Analysis of Fortress of the victory
In Bhutan's realm where history dwells,
An archaeologist's story tells,
Of a soul who walks among the past,
Connecting with echoes that forever last.
He speaks to walls of fortresses grand,
Where ancient battles took their stand,
Conversing with arrow-slit eyes so keen,
Through which the past's stories gleam.
Amidst the woods and nature's grace,
He finds solace in the silent embrace,
With birds as his companions near,
Exploring remnants of yesteryear.
Drukgyal Dzong's walls, arrow-eyed,
Tell tales of warriors who once defied,
Countless foes with bow and might,
A legacy embedded in the ancient site.
Through fortified tunnels, he roams,
In the shadows of towers that still loom,
Where horse hooves once struck the ground,
Echoes of history's hoofbeats resound.
Buried tanks hold water's memory,
Whispering secrets of forgotten victory,
A sword emerges from nature's cloak,
Clashes of steel, history awoke.
But in this reverie, a modern ring,
A ringer's tone, a jarring thing,
The ancient world slips through his grasp,
Reality's call, the moment has passed.
Yet, the archaeologist's heart remains,
Connected to history's intricate chains,
In whispers of winds and rustling leaves,
The past persists, the soul believes.
For in Bhutan's embrace, where stories are told,
The archaeologist's spirit, brave and bold,
Unearths the echoes of ages gone by,
Preserving the past beneath the sky.
Scheme | AABB CCXX DDEE FFGG XXHH IIJJ KKXB LLMM NNOO |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 01111001 11101 101110101 01011010101 111111001 11010111 0101101111 1101101 01010101 1110001001 11110101 01010110 111101 1111001101 1011101 010001000101 1101011 001110111 1111101 10110011 101110100 100101010100 010101101 101110001 1011000101 0110101 01011111 1101011 101101 01011001001 010110101 01010101 1010111011 0110101 101011011 010010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,399 |
Words | 261 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
As I walked through the fortified passage walls documenting the ancient fortification of watch towers and water reservoir tanks, it triggered me to write something .. . so I wrote this poem to let the world know a bit about this fortress of victory.
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