Analysis of Tryst with death
Srutimala Duara 1964 (Guwahati, Assam)
Tryst with death
Life in a crystallized ball
balances on a hyacinth leaf
The currents of time rushes
Surface a calm appearance
Undercurrent death swims
Coursing along
Life has countless dates to keep
Myriad of desires to fulfil
Scores of dreams to realize
Death smiles indulgently as life forgets
a rendezvous long arranged
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 100101 10010101 0101110 1001010 10011 1001 1110111 100101011 111110 1111101 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 315 |
Words | 53 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 2, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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