Analysis of I never sangfor my brother
K.V.SRIKANTH 1969 (Tamil Nadu)
The younger brother must pay for the pleasures of her elder brother
Said Jane Austen.
She overshot the mark by far.
13 considered an unlucky number .the number of years between me and my brother.
Heard from my mother about his visits to the hospital
By blood a brother
Caring, a father.
Shepherding a Godfather.
An alumni, his reputation
Got me admission
Into a school
Of great reputation.
Trips to school
Sitting on the back of his bullet
Oldest memories i can recall
Never have I felt safest.
Falling sick became a habit .
Month long stays at the infirmary.
An annual practice.
Jaundice Typhoid and Tonsils
Flat feet and almost blind
Visits to the doctor a daily grind.
Nursing and tending he became my shield
A lifetime's time spent on rehabilitation
All this by the time i was only seven
There is no time like old times
He is he lens i see my past through
He was my superhero
Fought all my battles without a cape
Bullies teachers friends
Never let me feel the pain
Stood in front and fought them all
In a jiffy at my beck and call
Unforgettable lessons to them thought
Daily a dilemma
Relentless in nature
Defending became his dogma.
In a tight spot
Riding shotgun and pounding the beat
Helped handle hard hitting heat .
From brother to alter ego to friend and hero
I did not live in his shadow
I did in his glow
Movies he watched
Music he listened
Paved the path
Deep inside my heart
Formed an impression
Became a passion
Obsession became collection
Driving force of my existence
It is he who funds it in abundance
Poles apart and polarised
Brutally honest and unbiasedly truthful
Clashed with my half truths and slight stretches.
Evolved soon into deception , deceit subterfuges
Past Consigned to oblivion ,emerged a battle of wits
Of which i had none and was at its end
Perception principle and policy
Even the nazis and jews seemed friendly
Critical of me in entirety
Tried with all sincerity
To get me on the path of honesty
Which i resisted defiantly
America a catalyst
Squabbles became a feud
My ambitions were high
Made everyone sigh
Presumed wrongly
I went ahead unabashedly
Lack of clarity
Detached from reality
Suicide more sensible option
Rather than to give a visa petition.
Blissfully unaware
Wishful thinking leads nowhere
Embassy ended my dream ,which
Deserved only to remain a dream
Frustration grew and rants followed
Shouting matches throughout echoed
Decibels enough to din an orchestra
Constant blaming became the final straw.
Led a life of decadence
My life result of subversion
Others realising their dream
Was an act of treason.
Bottled up anger
Lack of esteem
Feeling sorry
Life at crossroads
Dreams distant
Pushing the pedal
On the highway to hell.
Pursued me duly
Followed Epictetus
Enviable job handed on a platter.
Asking friends a favor
Did not seem to matter
Emerged a decent career.
Took care of the next decade plus one year
Having a problem with his mentor
Did not make matters better
My version ruined his career
Fathers dreams destroyed
Mother's sacrifices laid to waste
False hopes and rainbow promises
Had him in hospital with a broken neck
Carefully built education scuttled
Six years wasted
Fruits of which till today tasted.
His only mistake
Cause he wouldnt forsake
His main flaw
A man of his intellect should have foresaw.
I did my best
To no avail ,Only bitterness prevailed
Never one to forego the past
Gratitude just a mask
A night of drunken rage
Rather unfortunate
Words spoken with hate
Kept us apart for a decade.
Uniqueness separates oneness
Still poles apart
Not as distant in the past
Contrast and contradictions
twelfth or never
I needed a father and a mother
Only to provide for me a brother.
Not always eye to eye
Not always heart to heart
Final truth ,by being apart
I will not not one day last
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Metre | 01010111010101010 1110 1100111 010101010010110110110 11110011101010 11010 10010 100010 1011010 11010 0101 11010 111 101011110 10100111 1011110 10101010 111100100 110010 1010010 11011 1010100101 1001010111 011110010 11101111010 1111111 111111111 111010 111100101 10101 1011101 1010111 001011101 010010111 100010 010010 01001110 0011 10101001 1101101 1101101011010 1111011 11011 1011 10110 101 10111 11010 01010 01001010 10111010 1111110010 10101 100100110 111110110 01101010011 101101000101011 1111101111 0101000100 1001001110 1001100100 1110100 1111011100 110100100 01000100 100101 101001 1101 0110 11010100 11100 01110 10110010 10111010010 10001 101011 10010111 011010101 01010110 10100110 10001111100 1010010101 1011100 11011010 10111 111110 10110 1101 1010 111 110 10010 10111 01110 101 10001101010 101010 111110 0101001 1110101111 10010111 1111010 11010101 10101 10100111 1101100 1101010101 100101010 1110 11110110 11001 11101 111 011110111 1111 11011010001 10110101 10101 011101 100100 11011 11011001 0101010 1101 1110001 100010 1110 1100100010 1010111010 11111 11111 10111001 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 3,668 |
Words | 658 |
Sentences | 26 |
Stanzas | 16 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 9, 18, 9, 8, 4, 14, 4, 4, 7, 7, 16, 6, 5, 6 |
Lines Amount | 133 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 191 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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