Analysis of Why Did he
Why did he have to walk with a crippled leg,
when several of his age took part in marathon race.
Why did he beg with bruised bowls of cheap copper,
When bulk of the population sipped peach flavored chocolate rum.
Why did he travel long distance on rusty bicycle,
Silver sedans with undeserving youth clambered through dream lanes of the valley.
Why did he quench his thirst with contaminated tap water,
His counterpart mates drank Irish spring water all night and day.
Why did he sleep with clattering teeth with threadbare sacks wrapped round his
body,
Affluent children snuggled tightly under the comfort of their Persian quilt.
Why did he spend his day begging and pulling truck load,
youth of his age swam merrily, played long tennis with cushioned racket.
Why did he place his feet on scorched tarmac,
The prince in the palace tread on Luke warm chips of scented marble.
Why did he speak in a rustic village accent,
Teenagers of his kind babbled inarticulately in different styles of slang.
Why did he wear clothes that were stained with colored spit and mud,
A fleet of school children attired in white shirt and immaculate tie.
Why did he have no one to wipe his tears with tinges of blood,
God bestowed riches on some and a mountain of horrendous difficulty on the other
Scheme | XX AXBC AX XCX XX XB XX DX DA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111110101 110111110101 11111111110 11100101110101 11110110110100 100110101101111010 11111110100110 11011101101101 111111001111111 10 100101101001011101 1111111001011 11111100111011010 111111111 0100101111111010 111100101001 101111010100111 11111101110101 01111001011001001 11111111111111 1011011001011010001010 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,268 |
Words | 225 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 49 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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