Analysis of The 1960 Ambassador
When I was eight I wanted
the White 1960 Ambassador:
velvet seats and crank up windows
the pinnacle of luxury.
We would chase them in langas:
Chitu, Cheema, Dubbi and if the car
stopped, we would hold on.
We even unlocked the doors and sang
to Raj Kapoor tunes. We wanted
to grow up so we could drive
to Shekar Paradise Snacks
for Cadburies
and Tamrind Masala sodas
but now I visit
my village spotting
the ancient car
yellow like the skin
of the elderly. Sorry mustafas
my stilettos choke on Raichur dust.
Scheme | AXBX BCX XAXXBX XXCXB X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110 010100 10101110 01001100 111101 1110101 11111 110010101 11011110 1111111 11101 11 01110 11110 11010 0101 10101 10100101 10101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 487 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 6, 5, 1 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on September 17, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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