Analysis of Whenever I looked Back
I left my small city
Where I spent my childhood
Where I studied,
Where lived my beloved ones
Towards the big city
For just a career
And a brighter future
The greediness became large
I left my land
For higher status, and income
On the journey of struggles
I bore hardship, pain, and grief
And often, wore the tears
I felt alone
Within the crowd of people
Whenever I looked back
I was too far
I missed my city and land
If I looked ahead
The destination was still far away
I felt helpless and hopeless
I realized,
Each one of us became
The patient of the greed
Forgetting all, even itself
Such disease has spread
Into all professions
I came to understand
Everyone is running
After its shadow
While no one can reach that
Even though; it continues.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110 11111 1110 111011 010110 11001 001010 01011 1111 1101001 1010110 1110101 010101 1101 0101110 010111 1111 1111001 11101 001011101 1110010 110 111101 010101 01011001 10111 011010 11101 10110 1011 111111 1011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 712 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 32 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 596 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 139 |
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Submitted on June 10, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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