Analysis of Hear the sound of that!
Hadassah Joyce Pushpa 2008 (Hyderabad)
We all hear many voices
And sounds every day
A sound in our crisis,
A voice in our Hurrays
When we're in the middle of strife,
All we need's an encouraging voice
And we soon'll win in our life
Just 'cause we made the right choice!
But do you know
Some things have a plea
They don't know what to do, or whom to go
Or where should they see
And some other things
That say, 'Help me out'
And trustworthy are some other things
That we can heed them, no doubt
A voice that says,
'Why're you endangerin' me'
Another voice that says,
'Why're you forgetting me?'
Another one that says,
'Let me be free!'
Yet another one that says,
'Free me in the sea!'
So do you
Hear the sound of that?
Hear the voice of that?
That says,
'Don't cut me down!'
Yes, do you
Hear the sound of that?
Hear the voice of that?
That says,
'I belong to the boughs!'
Oh, do you
Hear the sound of that?
Hear the voice of that?
That says,
'Don't pluck and trample me!'
Yes, do you
Hear the sound of that?
Hear the voice of that?
That really loves the world
And you and me
Oh, now you know
That some things have false pleas
They want to trick you, wherever you go
Don't heed them, please!
And there are some things
That say, 'Please heed me now'
But check the facts, don't trust those things
That say, 'Come; let's decieve some now!'
Don't heed voices that say,
'Come along'
Never, ever heed them that say,
'In doing bad; there's nothing wrong
Don't you heed them that say,
'Let's go and trick them!'
Never go that way
'Let's steal these gems!'
Now, don't you
Hear the sound of that!
Don't hear the voice of that!
That says,
'I'll give you this if you follow me!'
Hear the sound of that!
Hear the voice of that!
'I'll do you this if you heed me!'
Oh, don't ever
Hear the sound of that!
Hear the voice of that!
'Come and follow me!'
Yes, don't you ever
Hear the sound of that!
Hear the voice of that!
Drown you in the sea
Scheme | abxa cdcd efef ghgh ifif ifif j KKIx J KKIx j KKIf J KKxf elel g mgm bnbn bxbx jKkI f KK f o KK fo KK f |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010 011001 0101010 010101 11001011 111101001 01110101 1111011 1111 11101 1111111111 11111 01101 11111 01011101 1111111 0111 11111 010111 1110101 010111 1111 1010111 11001 111 10111 10111 11 1111 111 10111 10111 11 101101 111 10111 10111 11 110101 111 10111 10111 110101 0101 1111 111111 1111101011 1111 01111 111111 11011111 1111111 111011 101 10101111 01011101 111111 11011 10111 1111 111 10111 110111 11 111111101 10111 10111 11111111 1110 10111 10111 10101 11110 10111 10111 11001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,847 |
Words | 391 |
Sentences | 31 |
Stanzas | 28 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 4, 1, 3, 4, 4, 4, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 76 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on February 24, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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