Analysis of Kingdom of fools

A. K. Ramanujan 1929 (Mysore)



Kingdom of Foolish Folly

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In the realm of jesters and clowns, behold,
Lies a kingdom of fools, both young and old.
Where reason and wisdom are often ignored,
And laughter and folly are forever adored.

Oh, the Kingdom of Fools, a peculiar sight,
Where intellect falters in the dim candlelight.
Here, jesters dance with glee, their antics profound,
While the wise shake their heads, dismayed and astound.

In this realm, folly reigns with a mighty roar,
As kings and queens wear crowns they do not adore.
They rule with ignorance, their minds unbound,
Leading their subjects astray, round and round.

The courtiers speak in riddles and jest,
Their words like feathers, light-hearted and blessed.
They jest and they mock, without any care,
Blissfully unaware of the world's despair.

But beyond the facade of jest and delight,
Lies a deeper truth, hidden from sight.
For in the Kingdom of Fools, wisdom awaits,
Patiently yearning to unlock its own gates.

For fools are not all that they seem,
Behind the laughter, lies a dormant dream.
A dream of understanding, of knowledge untold,
A longing for wisdom, waiting to unfold.

So let us not mock this whimsical realm,
For even in folly, lessons overwhelm.
In the Kingdom of Fools, there's room for growth,
Where ignorance and wisdom may interlope.

For sometimes, in laughter, we find our way,
To see the world clearer, in a different display.
And in the end, perhaps we're all fools too,
Navigating life's maze, discovering what's true.

So raise your glass to the Kingdom of Fools,
Where laughter and wisdom dance in playful rules.
For in the realm of jesters and clowns, we find,
A glimpse of our own foolishness, intertwined.


Scheme X XA BBCC DDEE FFEE GGHH DDII JJBB KKXX LLMM AANN
Poetic Form
Metre 1011010 10 111011011 0011100101 1010111101 11001011001 010010101001 10101100101 1101000110 11011111001 10111101001 01110110101 11011111101 1111001101 1011001101 0100101001 1111011001 1101101101 1000110101 10100111001 101011011 10010111001 10010101111 11111111 0101010101 01101011001 01011010101 1111111001 1100101001 0010111111 110001011 10101011101 1101100010001 0001011111 10011010011 1111101011 11001010101 10011100111 011101100001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,720
Words 336
Sentences 18
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 39
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 123
Words per stanza (avg) 26

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Written on June 24, 2023

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