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 |
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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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