Analysis of Broken signs

Sunil Bhatia 1971 (Allahabad)



Is this the way to the future,
Or has imagination entered my dreams.

The slightest intervention by god is desired,
On this road of life acquired.
This seems to be the way out,
The direction which was taken.

The haze clears in my mind and
These broken signs reappear at every crossing.
The pictures show the paths travelled
In a possible past, forwarded, rewinded
And paused for memory lost.

These broken signs are
From centuries of gusts,
Weathered by the rain and storms.
It was a time when life existed,

Now only my spirit wanders
In infinite space.


Scheme XX AAXX XXXAX XXXX XX
Poetic Form
Metre 11011010 1100101011 010010111010 11111010 1111011 00101110 0110110 110101110010 01010110 0010011001 0111001 11011 110011 1010101 110111010 11011010 01001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 535
Words 98
Sentences 7
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 4, 5, 4, 2
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted by Suniil_Bhatia on August 21, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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