Analysis of Impromptu

Quaid-Uz-Zaman 1954 (Jamalpur)



A flower unfurling,
and a star sailing and dying
-------but in a genomic way.

The world is an order
 and time infinite
------acting the same way.


Scheme AAB XXB
Poetic Form
Metre 010010 00110010 10011 011110 01100 10011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 141
Words 26
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 3
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 52
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted on September 23, 2020

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Quaid-Uz-Zaman

Retired college teacher.Has published two books of poetry. Also has poems published online. more…

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