Analysis of A Jotting.



Hardly did I see
 mostly I do not notice
 rarely I do speak
 rightly I missed the chance .

Opportunity knocks at the door
 only once they say
 it did dash into the portals
I did pay no attention.

The fortunate see thing right
 be in the spot at the propitious moment
 seize the schedule almost
 go across in a successful note.

Those be the lucky ones I thought
 and I am the most unlucky I felt
 Lo! it is not so in the game
the one who picks first is the winner.

No use lamenting I decide
 it is not in me to grab or rush
 the patience I bear is crucuial
 that determines my fortune.

Greatly it is that which holds
 the more you cling to it strongly
 the most weak you turn out
 better leave it at that level.

Calm is the criteria for me
 how come I am made so?
 I forsake all my legitimate rights
 yet I live happily ever after.


Scheme AXXX XXXB XXXX XXXC XXDB XAXD AXXC
Poetic Form
Metre 10111 1011110 10111 101101 01001101 10111 11101010 1111010 0100111 10011001010 10101 101000101 11010111 0110101011 11111001 011111010 1101011 111011111 0101111 1010110 1011111 01111110 011111 10111110 110010011 111111 1011101001 1111001010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 803
Words 165
Sentences 9
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on August 21, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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