Analysis of A Sentient Insane



An insane woman with rags,
looking here and there in fear
lest she could be vexed
by the urchins and hags.

The town dwellers sneered at her
when she took remnants from bin.
The stray dogs also took shares.
A cordial co-existence, which was very rare.

How a creature could share foods
When she was living on shares of others?
Was it not a satire
upon the world of brutes and rudes?

One day a stray dog was scampering
as the urchins were running after it,
throwing nodules of mud and stones
and made it howling and wailing.

Suddenly the insane appeared with a stick,
shaking violently to the urchins.
They checked their motives.
The savior sheltered the meek.

Alas! how civilized people
can be so imprudent
When the sentiment of an insane
can suffer and rankle?


Scheme AXXA BXXX XXBA CXXC XXXX DXXD
Poetic Form
Metre 1011011 1010101 11111 101001 0110110 1111011 0111011 010101011101 1010111 1111011110 111010 01011101 110111100 1010010101 10101101 01110010 10000101101 1010001010 11110 0101001 0111010 111010 101001101 110010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 764
Words 155
Sentences 12
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 101
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted by swarup on May 19, 2022

Modified by swarup on May 19, 2022

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Swarup Bhattacharya

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