Analysis of Water
Usha Muruganathan 1970 (Kolkatta)
She stood before her Creator
Crushed with dejection and self pity
It is time I faced the truth she said
That I have no real personality .
No hues have I, no taste or beauty
No way to assert my individuality.
I take the shape of where I am poured
The vessels,ground, the cups that hold
The truth is
My weakness is
That very flexibility
My adaptability
My fluidity .
Said her Creator with a smile
But don't you see dear
That, what makes you worthwhile
Is that ability
To find your way through Earth’s rigidity
And to give back to it its vitality
To challenge even a rock’s immortality
Over time the sands its new reality .
Scheme | XAXAAAXX BBAAA CXCAAAAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010010 1110110 111110111 111110100 111111110 111011000100 110111111 010111 011 1101 1100100 100100 10100 10010101 11111 111111 110100 1111110100 01111110100 11010010100 101011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 609 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 5, 8 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on February 17, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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