Analysis of A Little Life
Yongkai Y Phom 1994 (Nagaland)
I died a little today,
An inch closer I have walked to my edge.
A day lived yesterday, a little I died yesterday.
Closer I'm to see my days of edge.
I played my role a little today,
a script, a chapter or perhaps a page I have acted.
A tragedy it was yesterday,
Today was a little comedy, a little smile for me to enact.
when the curtain draws tomorrow
I'm scared a little of the uncertain of my role,
Have I prepared enough for morrow?
But t'is I knoweth me alone can play that role.
I know not my script for tomorrow
But I died a little today,
and little I will die tomorrow
Perhaps I should have lived a little more today.
| Scheme | ABAB AXAX CDCD CACA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 1101001 1110111111 011100101110 101111111 111101001 01010101011110 01001110 011010100010111101 1010101 1101010010111 110101110 111111011111 11111101 11101001 01011101 011111010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 631 |
| Words | 140 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
The poetry is about an everyday life where we fail to acknowledge our gift of life. We get engrossed with so much activities that we fail to live and appreciate little things in life.
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Written on October 02, 2022
Submitted by acleiha on October 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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