Analysis of Father
Ominous clouds in the cosmos had forgotten to shower droplets of transparent rain,
Colossal deserts refrained from forming whirlpools of sand; with the blowing wind,
Swirling waters of the boundless ocean; didn't culminate into escalating waves,
Bedsheets of white snow on the mountain slopes; incorrigibly refused to melt,
Scores of boisterous birds nestled on towering treetops; shut their beaks tight even
as the lion came,
Incongruous stones didn't produce the slightest of noise; when they collided with obdurate earth,
Gargantuan reptiles wandering through meadows of tranquil grass; refrained from devouring succulent prey,
Unruly dogs on the street; didn't erupt into volleys of hoarse barking,
Blossoming lotus in the pond; didn't show signs of shriveling at the onset of evanescent dusk,
Battalions of venomous mosquitoes; seemed to have temporarily lost their acrimonious sting,
Fountains of blistering lava; circulated blissfully within the crevices of earth instead of fulminating,
Waterfalls of crystal foam froze midway down the slopes; with their thunderous gurgling now transformed into stony silence,
Dense foliage of tree leaves refused to rustle; with mighty draughts of afternoon wind,
Opalescent butterflies in the garden; ceased to vivaciously flutter,
Silver crested dolphins in the pool; refrained to acrobatically somersault high towards the ceiling,
Mischievous monkeys didn't swing between trees; entwined their long tails placidly amidst the branches,
Long legged spiders refused to traverse across their periphery of intricately suspended silver cobwebs,
Time seemed to have stopped momentarily; with every second unwinding refraining to unleash into a minute further,
The entity of omnipotent God loomed large in my palms; now submerging my impoverished persona into waves of supreme exultation,
It was no miracle folks; I was overwhelmingly proud to declare that I had become a father; even as the first wails of my newly born child blended with the atmosphere.
| Scheme | A B X X XX X X C X C C X B D C XX D A X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001001010101101010101 010100111011110101 10101010101010011001 11111010110111 1110011011001111110 10101 010011001010111101011001 01001010011110101101001001 0101101100101101110 100100011011110010110101 010110001011101001101001 10110010100100010100110111 1011011110111100100101011010 1101110111011011011 110001011110 101010001011110101010 100101010110111110001010 1101001110011010011000010101 1111101001100100100101010101010 0100101001110111110100100111011 1111001110100110111101010101011111011101010 |
| Characters | 1,993 |
| Words | 297 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 19 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 79 |
| Words per line (avg) | 14 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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