Analysis of The reservoir




                                                     19.
               THE RESERVOIR----DR.K.G.BALAKRISHNAN

The Pure the clear transparent;
                    The colorless and the odorless;
                    The inmost, the vast the deep;
                    The aquamarine; the magnificent!
                    The great lake, I feel the cool
                    That preserve, the warm vibrating
                    To the Note enchanting zigzagging;
                    The enigmatic blossoming to the smile;
                    The Thought breezing, they patting hale;
                    The Tempest roaring smashing, the insane
                    They hoot; water flow in an' out, theMain.

Me the lunatic, swimming diving
                    An' floating calm; boating everywhere;
                    Shipping to the unknown as Gulliver did;
                    Enjoying the candid, trembling bewildering;
                    Circus, trapeze; acrobat an' at times buffoon;
                    At last returning to the greenroom, to the cabin!

Often I dream am I the Alilakkannan-
                    The spore legendary on the banyan leaf-
                    Floating in theGreatOcean, the thought-bank,
                   The eternal Reservoir of bounds infinite!
                   The Space.
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                                              16-12-11
                                  Note-
                             Aquamarine=bluish-green
                                                  (Latin- aqua marina= sea water)


Scheme AB CXXCXDDXXBB DXXDBB BXXXX AXBX
Poetic Form
Metre 1 0101 0101010 010000100 010101 000100100 0111101 10101100 101010100 0010100101 0111101 0101010001 111010111 10101010 11011010 10100111001 0100101000100 10011011101 110101011010 10111101 0110010101 1001011 00101011100 01 1 1 1 001101 1010010110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,618
Words 143
Sentences 10
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 11, 6, 10
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 185
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted on April 28, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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drkgbalakrishnan kandangath

24-6-1944/DOB bsc, mbbs. fica Kandangath,Kattoor-680702-Thrissur India-680702 more…

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