If I'm late
Basudev Karmakar 1974 (West Bengal , India)
If I’m late
Momma advises me-
If I run faster than plane,
If I learn faster than any brain,
My success will scatter in every lane.
She warns me-
If I brush late, eat late,
If my answer is not quickly set,
On day will come, I will have no fate.
Momma assures me-
If I can think faster than mind,
If I can fill the gaps faster than wind,
I will have the highest bliss of any kind.
Momma hears from me-
Like everything, if I am late to bed,
Thieves and ghosts won’t pass our gate,
Even god will be tired and my death will be late.
About this poem
Mother asks her child to do fast but the child is late to everything. He says that if he does every work fast, his work on earth will be quickly end and die soon.
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Written on January 30, 2023
Submitted by karmakar.basudev on January 29, 2023
Modified on March 25, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCCCBADABEEEBFAA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 539 |
Words | 120 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
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