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
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Quaid-Uz-Zaman

Retired college teacher.Has published two books of poetry. Also has poems published online. more…

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