Analysis of Neelum Valley
Days it took
Down slopes, goat-tracks, gullies.
Of resting
Under autumn sky, leafless trees, by boulders.
Days with no food.
Water only from the mountain springs.
For days
I carried her
On my hands like an offering
With others bearing their wounded
Bruised, scarred, broken limbs
On string cots, cotton-sheet stretchers.
The village collapsed on itself
Like steam puffed chapatti on the griddle.
My aunt's shawl bright
With flowers of summer pastures
Was dust-soiled, torn like her.
We buried the dead.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 111110 110 10101101110 1111 101010101 11 1100 11111100 11010110 11101 11110110 01001101 1111101 1111 11011010 111110 11001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 485 |
Words | 81 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 402 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 81 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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