Analysis of The Country Ant
Aditya Narayan Chakraborty 2008 (India)
Once, I found a lonely ant,
but not any ant as you would deem;
It was one of good comportment,
And had a kind heart - could never be mean.
As it hoisted its head to look at me
I found it was quite indisposed;
"What trade brings you here, little ant," I asked,
"Far from where your colony goes?"
"I am from the country, as my hat suggests,
With a juvenile voice it spoke;
"I aberrated in search of the road not taken,
And to my tribe will this unfrequented path disclose."
I praised this little ant's wisdom,
"Daring you are to imagine what none could think,
Your mother must be proud to be a parent," I opined,
"Of an innovator and gem of your kind."
It bowed and bid me goodbye,
leaving me stunned at its courtesy;
But how unlucky for it missed the eyeing spider -
Which snagged it in the wink of an eye.
My heart ached for my little friend,
So focused it was in its pursuit, and was unique;
Then why should god be so unfair
To blow the candle of its life by the wick?
Then it struck me
That ants are famed for their unity;
Poor ant had a shot at reinventing the wheel,
Erred to forget that in group work served its skill!
Scheme | AXXX BAXC XXXC XXDD EBXE XXXX BBXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 111011111 11111010 0101111011 1110111111 111111 1111110111 11111001 11101011101 10100111 1101101110 0111111101 11110110 101110101111 11011111010101 1110001111 110111 101111100 1101011101010 111001111 11111101 1101101010101 11111101 11010111101 1111 111111100 111011001001 11011011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,129 |
Words | 253 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
I thought that taking the road not taken was the best decision always, but we are going to learn otherwise from the little ant that can speak.
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