Analysis of What's There In A Name
I knew a guy named 'angel'; who as his name suggests should have been as sacrosanct as gods residing in the cosmos,
However when one encountered him in pragmatic reality; he looked like an diabolical giant; with unruly strands of hair prominently cascading down his nape.
I knew a guy named 'Tarzan'; who as his name suggests should have been as strong as the rocks; with a plethora of muscles bulging through his shirt,
However when I saw him transgressing across the road; he looked as feeble as the innocuous rabbit; trying to shirk society and retreat as quickly as possible into his den.
I knew a girl named 'felicity'; who as her name suggested should have been basking in a river of perennial happiness,
However when I sat with her for marathon hours on the trot; I realized she was a misfit for her name; as she neither smiled nor moved; incessantly maintaining a face as expressionless as a stone.
I knew a guy named 'prince'; who as his name suggested should have been embellished in an armory of exquisite diamonds and silver,
However when one saw him voraciously scratching his hair; he held a threadbare
container of steel to beg; wore scanty rags of paper to drape his shivering silhouette.
I knew a girl named 'honey'; who as her name suggests should have been as sweet and melodious as the nectar oozing from beehives,
However when I sat beside her across the table; she irascibly hurled at me a volley of abashing expletives; burst on me unrelentingly like a pugnacious green chili.
I knew a guy named 'love'; who as his name suggests should have been with a
congenial attitude; amicably propagating the essence of friendship,
However when I stumbled upon him suddenly at the discotheque; the first thing
he said was; he wanted to mercilessly kill the girl next door for rejecting his
proposal of illicit romance.
I knew a girl named 'rose'; who as her name suggests should have been as mystical and enchanting as the mesmerizing flower,
However it was a fact that people shut their noses as she arrived; as she smelt of deplorable rotten eggs; intransigently spreading her aroma wherever she went.
I knew a guy named 'crystal'; who as his name suggests should have been as scintillating as the conglomerate of silver mirrors,
However when I nudged by him on the street under the dazzling Sunlight; I
could hardly believe my eyes; as he appeared blacker than the blackest piece of coal existing on this earth.
On the other hand I knew a guy named 'brownie'; who as his name suggests
should have been colored as disdainful mud,
However when I saw him addressing a large assemblage of people; I realized
that not only was he fair as white ice; but he had the charisma embedded in
him which few residing on this globe possess.
Therefore folks this is a question I put before you; tell me all of you what's there in a name; what's there to even contemplate about a name,
When the true beauty; the incorrigible spirit to live; the celestial feeling of benevolence and unbiased love; all lies impregnated in the throbbing heart.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011101111011111100110100010 10110101001010111101001010101111000010111 110111111101111111011010011010111 101111010010111110100100101011010000111011000111 110110100110101011110001010100100 101111011010101110110110111101110100010011000101 110111111101011101001100110010010 101111110111101 0101111110111011110001 1101110110101111110010010101011 10111010010101010011101011100111110010110 11011111110111110 010101000100010110 1011100111001010011 111110110001011110101 010101001 110111110101111110000101010010 1011011101110110111110100101110001001011 11011101111011111110010011010 101111110110010011 11001111101101010111010111 101011101110111101 1111010101 10111101001010110110 111011111111100100100 11101011101 111101011011111111100111110100101 1011000100010110010101010001011101000101 |
| Characters | 3,024 |
| Words | 535 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 5, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 28 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 87 |
| Words per line (avg) | 19 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 243 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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