Analysis of Fair Hands of Destiny
Chandrani Dutta Das 1986 (West Bengal)
The first few hours of my day
I lived with smile, I lived with glee,
And the fool in me thought;
Life is beautiful and it's easy to be happy.
But the rest few hours had made me learn,
Life is not what I thought it to be;
And we have to fight with our ownself;
Just to win a smile and be happy.
When I saw the birds chirp and fly free above,
They're a sign of joy I always thought.
But monsoon thunders and rains and cold winter nights
Along with their lives to them have brought.
Sometimes wondering with thirst and hunger,
If they get no food or water,
And perhaps there's a pain
In all the chirp they utter.
And when the flowers bloom and dance with the breeze,
Have I ever thought they would whither and die?
Or someone would tear them up,
Their helpless petals will lifeless lie.
Or when I see their fresh smile in the shower,
When with each drop dance every flower,
Have I seen the tears in them,
On a hot noon, for a single drop of water?
If life is not always easy for them,
How it can be for me?
I am just another of His Creations
And nothing special in the fair hands of Destiny.
Scheme | XABAXACA CBXBDDXD XEXEDDFD FAXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110111 11111111 001011 1110001101110 1011101111 111111111 011111101 111010110 11101101101 10111111 101100101101 011111111 0110011010 11111110 001101 0101110 01010101101 11101111001 111111 110101101 11111110010 1111110010 1110101 101110101110 111111011 111111 11101011010 0101000111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,097 |
Words | 248 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 211 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Written on January 16, 2019
Submitted by Das.chandrani1 on December 17, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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