Analysis of A grand Old Lady



A lady I know
 fat and plump she grew
 dark and ordinary she looked
 but she was hooked
 unknowingly in  a young age
by a man not a sage
 but who was filled with vices
 being faithful in her otherwise in ties
 she lived a life with him
 bearing his children not dim
 all the seven were brought up
 she having inherited  wealth topped up
 by revenue from her father's estate
lived a regal life with her husband
 who was a tom boyish but grand
 a play boy but had status
 earned not a single cent
but extended a kindly bent
remaining hospitable all through life
 she supporting him in all his strife
 while he was down and sick
 she nursed him with the lovliest care quick
 having lost him now at  the ripe years
 she  is mostly confined to the chair  with tears
 counting her days to get away
having gone through the full circle in a sway.


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Poetic Form
Metre 01011 10111 1010011 1111 01000011 101101 1111110 1010001001 110111 1011011 1010011 1100100111 110101001 101011010 11011011 0111110 110101 10100101 0101100111 101010111 111101 11110111 101111011 11100110111 10011101 10110110001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 813
Words 159
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 26
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 653
Words per stanza (avg) 164
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Submitted on November 11, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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