Analysis of A Midnight Story

Quaid-Uz-Zaman 1954 (Jamalpur)



Nor a preference -

hidden or exposed.

But a constant desire for a restless

No place but a doubtful refuge with dark

and light intertwined.

No Cause and Effect.

That is all -

A  necessity.


Scheme X X X X X X X X
Poetic Form
Metre 10100 10101 10100101010 1110101011 01001 11001 111 00100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 210
Words 39
Sentences 6
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 18
Words per stanza (avg) 5
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Submitted on October 06, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quaid-Uz-Zaman

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