Analysis of When do I laugh ?
WHEN DO I LAUGH ?
Let me tell you when do I laugh:
May be , when a man
After selling out his property
Becomes a grocery merchant
And sitting on a chair,
Casts his eyes on the passers-by
With a hook of high expectations.
Or when a passenger
In a Government bus
Elbows and jostles
Through the crowd at the door
To get down in a hurry,
After travelling so patiently for long.
Or when a simpleton in a household
Becomes the head of the family somehow
And rules over the others
Who are wiser
And prepares a lot of busy programmes
Or when I see some institutions
Which are of no use
To mankind or animal world ,
And when their supervisors
Pretend extremely serious
In looks and walks.
Or when a quarrelling couple
Suddenly pour laughter and talks
On seeing the unexpected guests;
And resume quarrel
As soon as they leave.
Or when I see a newly wedded girl
Travelling in a public vehicle
Leaning her head
On the shoulder of the husband
As if she had no support
Till that moment.
Or when a person changes
His mode of walk and talk
To suit his dress and shoes.
Oh! I shall now die laughing and laughing….
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 11111111 11101 101011100 01010010 010101 11110101 10111010 110100 001001 101 101101 1110010 10100110011 1101001 0101101001 0110010 1110 001011101 11111010 11111 11111001 011010 01010100 0101 110110 10011001 11000101 00110 11111 1111010101 1000010100 1001 10101010 1111101 1110 1101010 111101 111101 1111110010 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,154 |
Words | 213 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 6, 6, 5, 6, 5, 6, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 09, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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