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 |
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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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