Analysis of War
Khalil Gibran 1883 (Bsharri) – 1931 (New York City)
One night a feat was held in the palace, and there came a man and
prostrated himself before the prince, and all the feasters looked
upon him; and they saw that one of his eyes was out and that
the empty socket bled. And the prince inquired of him, 'What has
befallen you?' And the man replied, 'O prince, I am by profession
a thief, and this night, because there was no moon, I went to rob
the money-changer's shop, and as I climbed in through the window
I made a mistake and entered the weaver's shop, and in the dark I
ran into the weaver's loom and my eye was plucked out. And now,
O prince, I ask for justice upon the weaver.'
Then the prince sent for the weaver and he came, and it was decreed
that one of his eyes should be plucked out.
'O prince,' said the weaver, 'the decree is just. It is right that
one of my eyes be taken. And yet, alas! both are necessary to me
in order that I may see the two sides of the cloth that I weave.
But I have a neighbour, a cobbler, who has also two eyes, and in
his trade both eyes are not necessary.'
Then the prince sent for the cobbler. And he came. And they took
out one of the cobbler's two eyes.
And justice was satisfied.
Scheme | XXAXXXXXXX XX ABXXB XX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110010011010 101010101011 011011111111101 0101010010101111 01010010111111010 010110111111111 01011011101010 11001010010100011 101010101111101 111111001010 1011101001101101 111111111 111010001111111 111111001011110011 0101111011101111 1110101011101100 111111100 10111010011011 11101011 010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,160 |
Words | 240 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 2, 5, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 178 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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