Analysis of A GAME OF NON-LOVE
Glory Sasikala 1964 (Kolkata)
you shuffle a pack of cards
and deal
and i pick up
and we play
the game of assumptions
you assume i am yours
so i tell you i am yours
and wait to hear you
never say
you are mine
you assume i love you
so i tell you i love you
and wait to hear you
never say
i love you too
you assume i am hurt
so to tell you i am hurt
and wait to hear you
never say
i'm sorry
you assume we're together
so i say we're together
and wait to hear you
never say
we're together
you assume we're done
so i tell you we're done
and wait to hear you...
never say
we're done.
and so...the game goes on
you assuming, i presuming
two lovers in a pack
one a clover, one a spade
not a single heart in the stack.
| Scheme | xxxax bbCAx ccCAc ddCAx eeCAe ffCAf xxgxg |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (51%) |
| Metre | 1100111 01 0111 011 011010 101111 1111111 01111 101 111 101111 1111111 01111 101 1111 101111 1111111 01111 101 110 1011010 1111010 01111 101 1010 10111 111111 01111 101 11 01111 10101010 110001 1010101 10101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 656 |
| Words | 152 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 35 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
It's about how they dance around each other, flirting but never committing to each other .
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Written on October 25, 2021
Submitted by glorysasikala on October 25, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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