Analysis of Tell on face



My father will not hesitate for a moment to tell on face
If he was convinced that pursuit will end in bad phase
He was ordinary but wonderful personality in any case
He may sometimes tell frankly everything to us

Those were the days when elders were treated with respect
Today whole trend has been changed with bad acts
Son and father don't see eye to eye and find it difficult
To pull on under same roof and some times trade the insult

People say and admit that new generation is very fast
Their plans are novel and certainly enduring last
Science has made tremendous progress with scope
To scale the ladder fast and remain always on the top

In making scientific progress it has lost the human touch
We had never expected nose dive approach as such
The personal relations are hardly built up
As everybody thinks of scoring very fast with jump

I had heard many stories from father and grandfather
They used to give top priority and affectionately bother
Whole of the family members were treated equally
Main burden for care and everything was shared wholly

Today is not the same as was yesterday
We are proving yesterday as better than today
No one knows what will be future for tomorrow?
But certainly not better for traditional family value to grow

Nothing has, in fact, changed to warrant large gap
Yet we observe it and consider it as slap
How come you value sentiments with that of material gain?
When everything is achieved after passing through considerable pain

Today we are intolerant society with zero understanding
We have failed to master the art and increased misunderstanding
Whatever progress you make or attain should be for the benefit
The mass should feel it beneficial and consider it as marvelous feat


Scheme AXAX XXBB CCXX DDXX EEFF GGHH IIJJ KKXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (38%)
Metre 110111010101111 1110110111011 11100110001000101 11011101011 1001110010101 0111111111 101011111011100 11110110111001 101001110101101 1111001000101 1011010111 1101010011101 01001011110101 1110010110111 010001011011 1100111010111 1111010110010 11111010000100010 11010010010100 110110101110 0111011110 111010110101 11111110101 1100110101001001011 10101111011 110110010111 1111010011101001 11010110101010001 011101000100110010 111110010010010 101111011110100 011110100010111001
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,690
Words 302
Sentences 3
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 44
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 177
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Submitted on May 28, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Hasmukh Mehta

am an ex-serviceman from Indian Air force. I joined Oriental Insurance Company and retired from there too in May, 2007. I have been graduated from Punjab University. I hold technical qualification like Diploma in Radio/engineering .I have done English and Hindi stenography as well. I had mastered the art in Morse telephony too. I am associated with several welfare organizations and served long time as Union leader too. I am at present working as hobby writer. I write poems on various subjects and invite suggestions from all the quarters. I have written one memoir named “As I see it” and ready for publication. One interesting part of writing I would love to share with all my reader friends. I am not sure weather it may be the same case with all as I do not want to be caught in any controversy. When I sit on my personal computer, there is absolutely no thought in mind as to what is to be picked up as thought and written. These all things I leave it to the discretion of almighty to fill my mind with relevant ideas. So far I have been graced by Him and as result able to compose about 4000 poems. I have be awarded with 4 achievement award from the www.ezinearticles.com for successfully meeting with their standard. I am writing on many sites so as to be associated with reader friends all over the world. I am thankful to all those who have supported me in my initial days. more…

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