Analysis of And A Meadowlark Sang
And A Meadowlark Sang
By Ravindra Kumar Karnani
"The child whispered, 'God, speak to me'
And a meadow lark sang.
The child did not hear.
So the child yelled, 'God, speak to me!'
And the thunder rolled across the sky
But the child did not listen.
The child looked around and said,
'God let me see you' and a star shone brightly
But the child did not notice.
And the child shouted,
'God show me a miracle!'
And a life was born but the child did not know.
So the child cried out in despair,
'Touch me God, and let me know you are here!'
Whereupon God reached down
And touched the child.
But the child brushed the butterfly away
And walked away unknowingly."
Scheme | ABCAD CXB XCX XXB XDBX XC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 00101 11011 01101111 00111 01111 10111111 001010101 1011110 0110101 11111001110 1011110 00110 1110100 00111101111 10111001 1110111111 101111 0101 101101001 01010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 648 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 3, 3, 3, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on February 11, 2020
Modified on March 16, 2023
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