Analysis of Half Hearted
When I wore a pant with only half a button; I had to abashingly clutch it with both hands; every time I rose from my seat,
When I sat under only half a tree; the pugnacious rays of the Sun unsparingly struck me from all quarters,
When I wrote only half a line; I found encompassed with overwhelming bankruptcy; as my neighbors filled in the rest of the amount; and made merry till eternity,
When I ate only half the food; my stomach initially felt nice; but cried incessantly for the remainder of the night; when struck with pangs of starvation and hunger,
When I walked in only half a shoe; I felt obnoxious pebbles tickle my feet; barbaric thorns infiltrate into my flesh every second,
When I boarded only half a plane; I found myself in my coffin soon; as it stormed ruthlessly into the ocean a few minutes after taking off,
When I read only half the advertisement; I found myself sweeping the corridors of a multinational company; which I had visited; presuming to become a senior employee,
When I saw only half the dream; I felt bereaved and deprived the entire day to follow; as I yet and fervently awaited for the princess to arrive,
When I chopped only half the tree; I initially lazed blissfully under its shade; but soon found the remaining monstrous wood; tumble down towards my skull with a creaking & thunderous noise,
When I bathed only half my body; there were people laughing at me on every corner of the street; as some part of me was as black as coal; while some was pearly white,
When I cried only half a tear; my eyes metamorphosed to swollen and black; and I found it exceedingly difficult to keep them open and sight,
When I closed only half the door; the thieves entered my dwelling merrily in the night; stole with gay abandon; what they had always dreamt of,
When I dug the foundation to only half of its depth; the building collapsed like a ball of soft cotton on the very next day; with the slightest draught of wind kissing its exteriors,
When I gave only half a punch; my adversary thought as if I was cuddling him; and wasted no time in pulverizing me to raw dust; to blend with the soil,
When I penned down only half the book; the audience burnt my effigy in volatile fury on the streets; being severely anguished at being deprived of the ending,
When I heard with only half my ear; the ferocious lion tore me apart to pieces; as I wholesomely unaware when he furtively crept from behind; and capsized me by
my collar,
When I swam using only half my arms; the perilously swirling waves of the ocean eventually drowned me to the bottom; and I was squelched to raw pulp by the ominously gliding shark,
When I quelled down only half the fire; the smoldering flames gradually gained impetus in the night; viciously charred every part of my body; including the entire forest,
When I loved only half a girl; I was never able to procreate my progeny in this world; miserably dithered to continue the chapter of existence,
And when I lived life only half hearted; I failed at every step I took; and success always seemed a mountain above; even after I had clambered the
previous one.
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| Metre | 111011101010111111111100111111 1111010101001011011111110 11110101110101010100111010011001011010100 111101011100100111101001001010111111010010 11101010111010101011010101011110010 1110101011110110111110001010011010101 1111010010011110010010100100111100010101010010 1111010111010010010111011101000101010101 1111010110100110010111110010101101011110101001 111101110101010111100101011111111111111101 1111010111111001011101001001111001 111101010110110100001111010111111 1110010110111101001101111010101110101111010100 111101011100111111010101101111111101 1111101010100111000100101011001010110011010 1111101110010101101110111011110011010111 110 1111010111010001011010010001110100111111101000101 11111010100100110001100001100110011110010001010 11110101111010110111000111000110100101010 01111101101111001110011101001101011100 1001 |
| Characters | 3,110 |
| Words | 568 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 20 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 112 |
| Words per line (avg) | 26 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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