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.
Scheme | ABCCDDEFGGHHIJKLMMNNOOPQRR |
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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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