Analysis of A Cruel Game of Destiny
A Cruel Game of Destiny
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The baby was sleeping in the cradle
Awesome was Life-Death riddle
The cradle was rocking
The fate was mocking
The baby was crying
It was to be breast-fed
Alas! A cruel game of destiny
Beside the mother lay dead
She in sleep, died of snake-bite
Her dream was gulped by providential might
Jaws of snake proved to be claws of Death
In such realm of God, could you repose faith?
Through her breasts and nipples
Her restless soul tried to ooze out
However helpless God, couldn't help soul
Her physical body already lost bout
Sensible mundane world cries out
Baby must be breast-fed
What could be done, with such babies?
They would be left forever breast –unfed!
| Scheme | AX BBCC CDAD EEXX XFXF FDXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011100 11 0101100010 1011110 010110 01110 010110 111111 0101011100 0101011 1011111 011110101 111111111 0111111011 101010 01011111 101011011 01001001011 10001111 101111 11111110 111101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 677 |
| Words | 126 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 10, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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