Analysis of A little tranquility



Finally,
She sits at the window side,
Tried to breathe a little peace-
Keeping aside all the marginal desires
With a mortgage on time,
With a long-distance train
Like running without a whistle,
Will suddenly stop moving,
Then take a little rest in that open courtyard-
From where the mass of the bamboo scaffolding of the fence
The open sky can be seen.

Blue sky!
She hasn't had time to look that way for a long time.
From dawn to dusk, till the evening light,
Collecting firewood,
Pushing the kitchen,
Cleans rust from old windows,
Gather the reed branches,
Washes the broth stains from husband's vest,
Putting the torn button of the elder boy's shirt,
Sew the sleeve of the little girl's dress ....

Tried to take a little leisure though;
Where did a stormy crow come from?
Sat down on the courtyard and started yelling-
"I want a little food for my hungry stomach!"


Scheme XXXXAXXBXXX XAXXXXXXXX XXBX
Poetic Form
Metre 100 1110101 1110101 100110100010 101011 101101 11001010 1100110 11010101101 11011001100101 0101111 11 1101111111011 111110101 01010 10010 111110 100110 100111101 100110101011 101101011 111010101 11010111 1110101010 110101111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 853
Words 156
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 11, 10, 4
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 229
Words per stanza (avg) 52

About this poem

On the eve of the International Mother’s Day: Dedicated to the marginalized neglected mothers of rural Bengal.

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Submitted by hakikur on June 14, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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