Analysis of Life
Quaid-Uz-Zaman 1954 (Jamalpur)
some people are virtually dead
but pretend to be alive;
some are alive but pretend to be dead,
others shuttle between living and dying,
to someone, life is a Hell
to someone, life is a Paradise
to others, life is as it is.
| Scheme | ABACDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110110001 1011101 1101101111 10100110010 111101 1111010 11011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 224 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 173 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
Font size:
2 fans
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Life" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 1 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/149050/life>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Quaid-Uz-Zaman poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In